In a recipe, 4 cups of flour makes 8 cookies. If you only have 2 cups of flour, how many cookies will you be able to make?

8 cookies

6 cookies

4 cookies

2 cookies

1 answer

To determine how many cookies can be made with 2 cups of flour, we can use a proportion.

We know that when using 4 cups of flour, 8 cookies are made. Therefore, the ratio of cups of flour to cookies is 4/8.

We can set up the proportion:

4 cups / 8 cookies = 2 cups / x cookies

To solve for x, we cross-multiply and divide:

4x = 16

x = 4

Therefore, with 2 cups of flour, you will be able to make 4 cookies.