Question

You need 3 sticks of butter for every 24 cookies you bake. How many sticks of butter for 16 cookies

Answer 1

You need 2 sticks of butter because the ratio is 1 stick of butter per 8 cookies. 16 divided by 8 is 2, so you need 2 sticks of butter

Answer 2

Answer: 2 sticks.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given statement: You need 3 sticks of butter for every 24 cookies you bake.

Using unitary method , the number of sticks of butter used to bake 1 cookie=$\dfrac{3}{24}=\dfrac{1}{8}$

Then the number of sticks of butter used to bake 1 cookie=$\dfrac{1}{8}\times16=2$

Hence, the number of sticks of butter used to bake 16 cookies= 2