Question

A large box of biscuit mix costs $6.48. The box contains 72 servings of biscuit mix. One serving is equal to ¼ cup of biscuit mix. This table shows the amount of mix and water needed to make different numbers of biscuits.

Part A
What is the total number of cups of biscuit mix in one box? Show your work or explain your answer.



Part B
What is the total number of biscuits that can be made using one box of the biscuit mix? Show your work or explain your answer.



Part C
What is the cost, in dollars and/or cents, per biscuit? Show your work or explain your answer.
A large box of biscuit mix costs $6.48. The box contains 72 servings of biscuit mix. One serving is equal to ¼ cup of biscuit mix. This table shows the amount of mix and water needed to make different numbers of biscuits.

Answer 1

Part A: 18 cups

Part B: 56 biscuits

Part C: $0.16

Explanation:

Part A

72 * 1/4 = 18

Part B

18 total cups/ 2 cups/biscuit = 9 cups able to be used (dk how else to explain it)

6 * 9 = 56 biscuits

Part C

$6.48/56 = $0.16