If it takes 3/4 cups of flour to make 1 batch of cookies. How many batches of cookies can 5 1/3 cups of flour make?

Answer 1

3/4 in proportion to 1

equals

5 and 1/3 in proportion to ?

3/4 * ? = (5 and 1/3) * 1

3/4 * ? = (5 and 1/3)

3/4 * ? = 16/3

? = 16/3 * 4/3 = 64/9 = 7 and 1/9 batches

You can also do (5 and 1/3) divided by 3/4 =

16/3 * 4/3 = 64/9 = 7 and 1/9

Note that (7 and 1/9) * 3/4 =

64/9 * 3/4 = 16/3 = 5 and 1/3