A recipe for cookies calls for 1 cup of butter,

twice as much sugar as butter, and three times

as much flour as sugar. How many cups of

flour will you need if you halve the recipe?

(Hint: Halving an amount is the same as

dividing the amount by 2)

cups of flour

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Clinton Combs

Mathematics

10 July, 16:17

A recipe for cookies calls for 1 cup of butter,

twice as much sugar as butter, and three times

as much flour as sugar. How many cups of

flour will you need if you halve the recipe?

(Hint: Halving an amount is the same as

dividing the amount by 2)

cups of flour

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Answers (2)

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Brenton Hobbs · Answer 1

3 cups

Step-by-step explanation:

the original recipe calls for 6 cups of flour (3 times as much as sugar. sugar is 2 cups, times 3 is 6)

half it: 6/2 = 3

Konner Stevens · Answer 2

3 cups of flour.

Step-by-step explanation:

If sugar is twice as much as butter, we need 2 cups of sugar.

If flour is 3 times as much as sugar, we'll need 6 cups.

Half of 6 is 3.

A recipe for cookies calls for 1 cup of butter,twice as much sugar as butter, and three timesas much flour as sugar. How many cups offlour will you need if you halve the recipe?(Hint: Halving an amount is the same asdividing the amount by 2)cups of flour

A recipe for cookies calls for 1 cup of butter,

twice as much sugar as butter, and three times

as much flour as sugar. How many cups of

flour will you need if you halve the recipe?

(Hint: Halving an amount is the same as

dividing the amount by 2)

cups of flour