Question

A biscuit recipe calls for 312 cups of flour to make 24 biscuits. Aaron wants to make only 8 biscuits, so he needs to use 13 of the amount of flour. How many cups of flour should Aaron use?

Answer 1

104 cups.

Explanation:

8 is 1/3 of 24 so by proportion:

Number of cups = 312 * 1/3

= 104.

Answer 2

104 cups.

Explanation:

Let's use a ratio:

biscuits : cups

24 : 312

8 : 104

He should use 104 cups of flour. (That's a lotta flour)