Question

1. A chocolate chip cookie recipe calls for 1/2 cup of chocolate chips per batch. Alonzo wants to make 3 1/2 batches. a. How many chocolate chips will he need?

Answer 1

Given:

1 chocolate chip cookie recipe = 1/2 cup of chocolate chips per batch.

Number of batches he wants to make = 3½

Let's find the number of chocolate chips he will need.

The number of chips he will need are:

`\begin{gathered} \\ N\text{ = number of batches }\ast\text{ amount of cup per batch} \\ \\ N=(1)/(2)\ast3(1)/(2) \\ \end{gathered}`

Rewrite the mixed fraction to improper fraction:

`\begin{gathered} N=(1)/(2)\ast(7)/(2) \\ \\ N=(7)/(4) \\ \\ N=1(3)/(4) \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the amount of chocolate chips he will need is:

`1(3)/(4)\text{ cups of chocolate chips}`

ANSWER:

`1(3)/(4)\text{ cups of chocolate chips}`