Question

Mr. E makes oatmeal raisin cookies by mixing 3 pounds of cookie dough and 6 quarts of raisins. Assume that he continues to use the same rate to make more batches of cookies. How many pounds of cookie dough should Mr. E mix with 48 quarts of raisins?

Answer 1

24 pounds

Explanation:

48 quarts of raisins divided by 6 is equal to 8.

So 3 pounds of cookie dough times 8 = 24.

24 pounds of cookie dough.