Question

A batch of cupcake mix requires / of a cup of milk. The batch can make 8 large cupcakes. If Emma makes a batch of large cupcakes, how much milk is used for each cupcake?

Answer 1

Each cupcake occupies 1/8 of the cup of milk.

Explanation:

If the entire batch of cupcakes is mixed when prepared, occupies 1 full cup of milk and for each batch 8 large cupcakes come out, then it follows that each large prepared cupcake must have 1/8 cup of milk.

1 cup milk / 8 large cupcakes = 1/8 milk for each large cupcake.

Answer 2

The complete question is:

Each batch of cupcake mix requires 1/3 of a cup of milk. According to the recipe, the batch can make 12 small cupcakes or 8 large cupcakes. If Emma makes a batch of large cupcakes, how much milk is used for each cupcake?

Answer:

1/24 cups of milk is used by Emma is making each cupcake of a batch of large cupcakes.

Explanation:

Given that each batch of cupcake mix requires 1/3 of a cup of milk, and the batch can make 12 small cupcakes or 8 large cupcakes. To know how much milk is used by Emma in making each cupcake in a batch of large cupcakes, we need to divide 1/3 by 8

1/3 ÷ 8

= 1/3 × 1/8

= 1/24