Q. A recipe calls for 4 cups of flour for a batch of 12 cookies, how many cookies can be made with one cup of flour?
Identify Given Information: Identify the given information and what is being asked.The recipe calls for 4 cups of flour to make 12 cookies. We need to find out how many cookies can be made with one cup of flour.
Determine Relationship: Determine the relationship between the amount of flour and the number of cookies.Since 4 cups of flour make 12 cookies, we can find the number of cookies per cup by dividing the total number of cookies by the number of cups of flour.
Perform Division: Perform the division to find the number of cookies per cup of flour. 12 cookies ÷4 cups of flour = 3 cookies per cup of flour.
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