Betty makes pies. To make 6 pies, she uses 7 1/2 cups of flour. How many cups of flour are needed to make 1 pies?

Question

Betty makes pies. To make 6 pies, she uses 7 1/2 cups of flour. How many cups of flour are needed to make 1 pies?

 

Answer 1

Hi Ashly,

 

We can solve this by setting up a ratio

 

7.5 cups of flour           x cups of flour

----------------------- =  --------------------------

    6 pies                           1 pie

 

7.5  = 6x

x = 1.25 cups of flour for one pie.