Question

A bakery uses 3/4 cups of oats to make a 2 4/7 pounds of oatmeal cookies.how many cups of oats are required per pound of cookies

Answer 1

We can use ratios to find the answer to this.
Set up the ratio.
3/4 / 18/7 = x / 1

Multiply both sides by 1
3/4 / 18/7 = x

Inverse 18/7 to 7/18 so we can multiply.
3/4 * 7/18 = x
Multiply.
21/72 = x
Simplify7/24 = x
Therefore, 7/24 cups of oats is used per pound.