Question

2 A pancake mix requires 2 cups of flour for every 10 pancakes. How much flour is used per pancake? (A) (1)/(5) cup (B) (1)/(2) cup (c) (1)/(10)cup (1) (5)/(1) cup

Answer 1

A pancake mix requires 2 cups of flour for every 10 pancakes

meaning for a cup of flour, we will have 5 pancakes

1flour/5pancake (1 flour for 5 pancakes)

The question asks for every pancake, how many cups of flour do we need, hence we can divide by 5 as such

(1/5 flour)/(5/5 pancake) = 1/5 flour/pancake

meaning we need 1/5 cup of flour for a pancake