Question

Chase is making a cake for his daughter's birthday. The normal recipe

calls for 8 ounces of butter and 16 ounces of sugar. Chase then
decides to make a slightly smaller cake and only use 6 ounces of
butter. How many ourses of sugar will he need in his smaller cake?

Answer 1

I would say since

6÷8 is 0.25 we are removing 25% of butter

So logically you would remove 25% of the ounces of sugar, so 16*0.25 is 4

so 16-4

12

I'd say 12 ounces of sugar

Answer 2

12 ounces of sugar

Explanation:

According to the original recipe whatever the ounces of butter is, you multiply it by 2 to get the ounces of sugar. Therefore, 6 x 2 = 12. 12 ounces of sugar.