Jamal is baking sugar cookies. The recipe calls for 1 1/2 cups of sugar and 2 3/4 cups of flour. Jamal only has a 1/2 -cup measuring scoop. How many scoops will he have to use for the sugar and flour?
Responses:
8 1/2 scoops of sugar and flour
16 1/2 scoops of sugar and flour
4 1/4 scoops of sugar and flour
2 1/8 scoops of sugar and flour
The correcty answer is: 8 1/2 scoops of sugar and flour
To find out how many scoops of sugar Jamal will need, we need to divide 1 1/2 cups by 1/2 cup (the amount he can scoop with each scoop).
1 1/2 ÷ 1/2 = 3
So, Jamal will need to use 3 scoops of sugar.
Similarly, to find out how many scoops of flour he will need, we divide 2 3/4 cups by 1/2 cup:
2 3/4 ÷ 1/2 = 11/2 ÷ 1/2 = 11
So, Jamal will need to use 11 scoops of flour.
Therefore, Jamal will need a total of 3 + 11 = 14 scoops of sugar and flour combined.
The closest response is "16 1/2 scoops of sugar and flour."
Apologies for the incorrect response. Let's recalculate to find the correct answer.
For the sugar:
1 1/2 cups of sugar ÷ 1/2 cup scoop = (3/2) ÷ (1/2) = 3
For the flour:
2 3/4 cups of flour ÷ 1/2 cup scoop = (11/4) ÷ (1/2) = 11
Adding the required scoops of sugar and flour together:
3 + 11 = 14
Therefore, the correct answer is 14 scoops of sugar and flour combined.