Question

Harry is making cookies. He needs 1 3/4 cups of flour for one batch, but he wants to make 1 1/2 batches. Write an equation that can be used to find how many cups of flour Harry will need.

Answer 1

Answer: 1 3/4 × 1 1/2

Explanation:

Since Harry needs 1 3/4 cups of flour for one batch of cookies, but he wants to make 1 1/2 batches, the equation that can be used to find how many cups of flour Harry will need will be:

= (1 3/4 / 1) × 1 1/2

= 1 3/4 × 1 1/2

Therefore, to make 1 1/2 batches, the cups of flour needed will be:

= 1 3/4 × 1 1/2

= 7/4 × 3/2

= 21/8

= 2 5/8 cups of flours.