Question

Lindsey’s cookie recipe uses 1 1/2 cups of brown sugar to make 2 dozen cookies. Lexi wants to make only 1 dozen cookies. How much brown sugar should Lexi use?

Answer 1

1.5 cups

Explanation:

144 cookies divided by 24 cookies is 6. This means that we will be making 6 batches of 24 cookies. We will then multiply 1/4 by 6, which means that we will need 1.5 cups of brown sugar for 144 cookies.

Answer 2

3/4 cups

Explanation: