Question

Santa's favorite cookie recipe makes 24 cookies and calls for 3 cups of flour. If Santa needs to moke 60 cookies, how many cups of flour will he need?

Answer 1

7.5 cups of flower

Explanation:

24 plus 24 plus 12 equals 60

So you need 3 plus 3 plus 1.5 which equals 7.5

Answer 2

She makes 24 cookies with about 3 cups of flour. To make 60 cookies she will require the following amount of cups of flours.

`\begin{gathered} 24\text{ cookies = 3 cups of flour} \\ 60\text{ cookies = ? } \\ \text{cups of flour = }(60*3)/(24) \\ \text{cups of flour=}(180)/(24) \\ \text{cups of flour= 7.5 cups of flour} \end{gathered}`

She will need 7 and half cups of flour to make 60 cookies.