Francis is making cookies. The recipe for chocolate chip cookies calls for 2 2/3 cups of flour, the recipe for peanut butter calls for 2.75 cups, and the recipe for ginger snaps calls for 5/2 cups. If Francis wants to use as little flour as possible, which cookie should he make? Explain your reasoning.

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1 April, 13:44

Francis is making cookies. The recipe for chocolate chip cookies calls for 2 2/3 cups of flour, the recipe for peanut butter calls for 2.75 cups, and the recipe for ginger snaps calls for 5/2 cups. If Francis wants to use as little flour as possible, which cookie should he make? Explain your reasoning.

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Bridger Mclean · Answer 1

If he wants to use as little flour as possible he should make the ginger snaps because if u make all of the denominators equivalent then those cookies use the least amount of flour. The peanut butter cookies use the most flour.