a pancake recipe calls for .75 cups of flour. Linda is making 5 batches. she already has 2.5 cups of flour how many more cups does she need?

To find out how many more cups of flour Linda needs, you need to calculate the total amount of flour required for 5 batches of pancakes and subtract the amount she already has.

First, determine the amount of flour needed for 1 batch of pancakes, which is 0.75 cups.

Multiply this amount by the number of batches Linda is making (5) to find the total flour required:
0.75 cups/batch * 5 batches = 3.75 cups

Next, subtract the amount Linda already has (2.5 cups) from the total amount required:
3.75 cups - 2.5 cups = 1.25 cups

Therefore, Linda needs 1.25 more cups of flour to complete the 5 batches of pancakes.

5 times .75 = how much you need.

Subtract 2.5 from your answer to see how many more cups you need.