A cookie recipe calls for 3/4 of a cup of flour and makes one dozen cookies. How many cookies can you make if you have 10 cups of flour and want to use it all?

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A cookie recipe calls for 3/4 of a cup of flour and makes one dozen cookies.  How many cookies can you make if you have 10 cups of flour and want to use it all?

I said 160 cookies. I used a proportion to solve this but is there another way to solve it?

io · Accepted Answer

huh

Ms. Sue · Answer

10/(3/4) 10(4/3) = 40/3 = 13 1/3 dozen

Sri · Answer

3/4c=12 one cup= 16 cookies 10 c= 10*16 =160 you ans is right i don't know whether it is another way or your way if it is so let me know will try another one.

Ms. Sue · Answer

160 cookies is correct.

lilly · Answer

4 1/2

lilly · Answer

160 cookies of corse i was just joking

Anonymous · Answer

The actual answer is 11/14

Friend · Answer

The way I did it: 2 1/4 cups of flour. = 3 x 3/4 = 2 1/4

andani · Answer

im not an 100% expert in math but to my calculation it is actually 100 cookies if 1 cup=10 cookies.not too bad fr a 13 year old

Anonymous · Answer

ur 13 in 7th grAde?