Question

Lee can make 18 cookies with two cups of flour. How many cookies can he make with three cups of flour?

Answer 1

27 cookies

Explanation:

First find how many cookies one cup of flour can make:

18/2

9 cookies per one cup of flour.

Now find how many cookies three cups of flour can make:

9 cookies = 1 cup of flour

? = 3 cups of flour

9 × 3 = 27

Therefore:

3 cups of flour can make 27 cookies.

Answer 2

he can make 27 cookies.

Explanation:

9×2 is 18

9×3 is 27