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Trevor is baking cookies for a fundraiser. Each batch 1 of cookies requires 2 g cups of flour. If Trevor has 12.75 cups of flour, how many batches of cookies can he make?

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Answer: 6

Explanation: 1 batch of cookies requires 2 cups of flour.
We can set this up as a proportion:
1/2=?/12.75
When we cross multiply and then discuss we get 6.375. ( or you could simply divide 12.75 by 2)
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