Question

Philip has a sugar cookie recipe that uses for 1 1/2 cups of sugar to make 48 cookies.

How many cookies could Philip bake using 3 1/2 cups of sugar?

Answer 1

Number of cookies made by 3.5 cup sugar = 112 cookies

Explanation:

Given:

1.5 cups of sugar used for making 48 cookies

Find:

Number of cookies made by 3.5 cup

Computation:

Number of cookies made by 1 cup sugar = 48 / 1.5

Number of cookies made by 1 cup sugar = 32

Number of cookies made by 3.5 cup sugar = 3.5 x 32

Number of cookies made by 3.5 cup sugar = 112 cookies