Question

Mr. Lawton bought 12 pounds 8 ounces of flour. If he uses 4 ounces of flour for each batch of sugar cookies, how many batches of sugar cookies can he make?

Answer 1

1. Find number of ounces:

8 + 12 pounds x 16 ounces in a pound = total ounces

8 + 12 * 16 = 200 ounces

2. Take total, divide by the amount

200 ounces / 4 ounces for each cookie = how many cookies he can make

200/4 = 50

50 cookies

Answer 2

Mr. Lawton can make 50 batches of sugar cookies

Explanation:

first, we need to convert the 12 pounds to ounces and the conversion rate is 1 pound=16 ounces so 12*16=192+8=200. because each batch needs 4 ounches you divide 200 by 4 to get 50