Question

You have been told to make 144 two ounce chocolate chip cookies for a banquet . The recipe yields three pounds of cookie . By what factor would you need to increase the recipe

Answer 1

Answer: 6

Explanation:

You have been told to make 144 two ounce chocolate chip cookies so the total weight of those cookies is:

= 144 * 2

= 288 ounces

A pound is equivalent to 16 ounces.

The recipe yields 3 pounds of cookies which is:

= 3 * 16

= 48 ounces

For the recipe to make 288 ounces, you need to scale up by:

= 288 / 48

= 6