Section: Math Section 3

46) Six cups of flour are required to make a batch of cookies. How many cups of flour are needed to make enough cookies to fill 12 cookie jars, if each cookie jar holds 1.5 batches?

1. 108
2. 90
3. 81
4. 78
5. 72

You need to take this question one step at a time. First, figure out how many batches there are in 12 jars of cookies. If one jar holds 1.5 batches, then twelve jars will hold 12 x 1.5, or 18 batches. Now you need figure out how much flour is needed for 18 batches. If one batches needs six cups of flour then 18 batches you will need 18 x 6, or 108 cups.