Question

A cookie factory uses 1/6 of a bag of flour in each batch of cookies. The factory uses 5/6 of a bag of flour yesterday. How many batches of cookies did the factory make?

Answer 1

From the information given, each batch of cookies requires 1/6 of a bag of flour.

So how many batches can be gotten from 5/6 of the bag of flour?

We form an equation

1batch  = 1/6

x batches = 5/6

Where x is the number of batches from 5/6 bag of flour.

Cross multiplying this equation we get:

x * 1/6 = 1 * 5/6

simplify it:

x * 0.16 = 1 * 0.83

x = 1 * 0.83 / 0.16

x = 0.83 / 0.16

x =  5.2

Therefore  factory made approximately 5 batches of cookies yesterday.