Kendra is making bread, but the recipe she’s using makes 4 loaves. She only wants to make one loaf. The changed recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour and sugar combined. If the original recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar, find the amount of flour (in cups) in the original recipe

Answer 1

Since Kendra wants to make one loaf instead of four, she needs to divide the amount of flour and sugar by 4.
The changed recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour and sugar combined.
So, the original recipe would call for 2 1/2 cups * 4 = <<2.5*4=10>>10 cups of flour and sugar combined.
Since the original recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar, the amount of flour in the original recipe is 10 cups - 2 cups = <<10-2=8>>8 cups. Answer: \boxed{8}.