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?

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Answer 1

Ms. Sue answered
8 years ago

10/(3/4)

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

Answer 2

Sri answered
8 years ago

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.

Answer 3

Ms. Sue answered
8 years ago

160 cookies is correct.

Answer 4

lilly answered
7 years ago

4 1/2

Answer 5

lilly answered
7 years ago

160 cookies of corse i was just joking

Answer 6

io answered
3 years ago

huh

Answer 7

Anonymous answered
3 years ago

The actual answer is 11/14

Answer 8

Friend answered
3 years ago

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

Answer 9

andani answered
2 years ago

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

Answer 10

Anonymous answered
2 years ago

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?

10/(3/4)

3/4c=12

160 cookies is correct.

4 1/2

160 cookies of corse i was just joking

huh

The actual answer is 11/14

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

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

ur 13 in 7th grAde?