Eric is baking a cake. the recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour for every 1/4 cup of sugar. How many pounds of flour should Eric use for 1 cup of sugar? 110
1
10
1 tenth
58
5
8
5 eighths
4
4
4
10
To figure this out, we first need to find the ratio of flour to sugar.
2 1/2 cups of flour for every 1/4 cup of sugar can be simplified to 10 cups of flour for every 1 cup of sugar (multiply both sides by 4 to get rid of the mixed number and make the ratio clearer).
So, for 1 cup of sugar, Eric should use 10 cups of flour.
To convert this to pounds, we need to know how many cups are in a pound. There are 4 cups in 1 pound of flour.
So, 10 cups of flour is equal to 10/4 = 2.5 pounds of flour.
Therefore, Eric should use 2.5 pounds of flour for 1 cup of sugar.