Question

Frederick and Kate have 17 1/3 cups of flour. They want to make loaves of banana bread for bake sale. Frederick has a recipe that calls for 1 5/8 cups of flour. Kate has a recipe that calls for 1 3/4 cups of flour. Which of the following statements true? Will Fredericks recipe make 10 loaves?

Answer 1

The statement: Will Fredericks recipe make 10 loaves? Is:

• True.

Explanation:

First, you must add the cups of total flour to have a decimal or fractional value.

• Total cups of flour:
  `17+(1)/(3)=(52)/(3)`

And the cups of flour in Frederick's recipe.

• Cups of flour in Frederick's recipe:
  `1+(5)/(8)= (13)/(8)`

In the end, you must divide the total flour in the flour of Frederick's recipe to obtain the number of loaves.

• Loaves with Frederick's recipe:
  `(52)/(3) /(13)/(8)= (32)/(3)` or
  `10.666667`

How you can see, with Frederick's recipe, he can make 10 completed loaves, and there is a little flour left over.