Question

You need 1/2 a cup of butter for every 2 eggs in a chocolate chip cookie recipe What is the unit rate of cups of butter per egg?

Answer 1

Answer: 1/4 cups of butter

Explanation:

You need 1/2 cups of butter for every 2 eggs.

When a question asks for the unit rate, it means what quantity of the other variable is needed per 1 unit of the variable in question.

In other words, how many cups of butter are needed per egg.

= Cups of butter / no. of eggs

= 1/2 ÷ 2

= 1/4 cups of butter