Question

Question

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

To find the amount of flour in the original recipe, we can start by determining the total amount of flour and sugar combined in the original recipe, then finding the amount of flour separately.

The original recipe makes 4 loaves, and the modified recipe for 1 loaf calls for a total of 2.5 cups of flour and sugar combined.

Since Kendra is making only 1 loaf, we can calculate the total amount of flour and sugar in the original recipe (for 4 loaves):

\[ 2.5 \text{ cups (for 1 loaf)} \times 4 \text{ loaves} = 10 \text{ cups (for the original recipe)} \]

Now we know that the original recipe has a total of 10 cups of flour and sugar combined.

We also know that the original recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar. Now we can find the amount of flour by subtracting the amount of sugar from the total amount:

\[ \text{Amount of flour} = \text{Total amount (flour + sugar)} - \text{Amount of sugar} \] \[ \text{Amount of flour} = 10 \text{ cups} - 2 \text{ cups} = 8 \text{ cups} \]

Thus, the amount of flour in the original recipe is 8 cups.