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
Since Kendra wants to make one loaf instead of four, she needs to divide the amount of flour and sugar by 4.
The changed recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour and sugar combined.
So, the original recipe would call for 2 1/2 cups * 4 = <<2.5*4=10>>10 cups of flour and sugar combined.
Since the original recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar, the amount of flour in the original recipe is 10 cups - 2 cups = <<10-2=8>>8 cups. Answer: \boxed{8}.