Question

Manuel is making cookies for the holidays. Each batch of cookies he will make requires 3/4 cup of sugar. He has a total of 2 5/8 cups of sugar. Write an inequality that can be used to find b, the number of batches of cookies Manuel can make.

Answer 1

Set up proportions.
 3/4 cups → 1 batch
x cups    → 2 batches 
x = 2(3/4) = 6/4 = 1 1/2 cups 
3/4 cups → 1 batch
y cups → 9 batches


y = 9(3/4) = 6 3/4 cups