Tyler is making cookies for seniors at the nursing home. He needs 2 and a 1/2 cups of flour for each batch of cookies if he is given 30 cups of flour by the local grocery store. How many batches of cookies can he make

To determine the number of batches of cookies Tyler can make, we need to divide the total amount of flour by the amount of flour needed for each batch.

30 cups of flour / 2.5 cups of flour per batch = <<30/2.5=12>>12 batches of cookies

Tyler can make 12 batches of cookies for the seniors at the nursing home.