Eric is baking a cake. The recipe calls or 2 1/2 pounds of flour every 1/4 cup of sugar. How many pounds of flour should eric use for 1 cup.
According to the recipe, for every 1/4 cup of sugar Eric should use 2 1/2 pounds of flour.
So for 1 cup of sugar, Eric would need to use 4 times the amount of flour.
1 cup is equal to 4 1/4 cups. Therefore, Eric would need 4 x 2 1/2 = 10 pounds of flour for 1 cup of sugar.