Question

The recipe you found makes 96 cookies and uses 16 cups of flour. However, you want to make 72 cookies.

How many cups of flour do you need to make 72 cookies? Use a table, a graph, or an equation to find your answer.

Answer 1

You can use a proportion or scaling. Since 96 cookies need 16 cups, the flour per cookie is 16/96 = 1/6 cup.

Equation (proportion):
16/96 = x/72
x = 16 × 72 / 96 = 16 × (3/4) = 12

Or by scaling: 72 is 3/4 of 96, so use 3/4 of the flour: 16 × 3/4 = 12.

Table:
- 96 cookies → 16 cups
- 1 cookie → 1/6 cup
- 72 cookies → 72 × 1/6 = 12 cups

Answer: 12 cups of flour.