A recipe calls for 2/3 of a cup of milk for 12 cookies. How many cups of milk are needed to make 144 cookies?

A.
24
B.
8
C.
9
D.
96

1 answer

To find out how many cups of milk are needed to make 144 cookies, we can first determine how much milk is needed for one cookie based on the given recipe.

The recipe calls for 2/3 cup of milk for 12 cookies. Therefore, the amount of milk needed for one cookie is:

Milk per cookie=2/3 cup12 cookies=2/312=23×112=236=118 cup per cookie

Now, for 144 cookies, the total amount of milk needed would be:

Milk for 144 cookies=144 cookies×118 cup per cookie

Calculating this gives:

144÷18=8 cups

So, the amount of milk needed to make 144 cookies is 8 cups.

Thus, the answer is B. 8.