Question

Alana has 12.5 cups of flour with which she is baking four loaves of raisin bread and one large pretzel. The pretzel requires 2.5 cups of flour to make. How much flour is in each loaf of raisin bread?
Explain the steps to follow to get the answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

Sample response: Four times the amount of flour for the raisin bread plus 2.5 cups equals 12.5 cups total. The equation is 4x + 2.5 = 12.5. First, I subtract 2.5 from both sides, and then I divide both sides by 4. Each loaf contains 2.5 cups of flour.

Answer 2

12.5=4x+2.5 is the equation. First you would subtract 2.5 from both sides, leaving 10=4x. Then you divide by 4 and your answer would be x=2.5