Question

A batch of peanut butter cookies requires \dfrac34 4 3 ​ start fraction, 3, divided by, 4, end fraction of a jar of peanut butter. You want to make 333 batches. How many jars of peanut butter do you need?

Answer 1

Answer: 3 Jars

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

A batch of peanut butter cookies requires $\frac{3}{4}$ of a jar

For 3 batches of Cookies, No of Jars required

$\Rightarrow 3\times \dfrac{3}{4}=\dfrac{9}{4}\\\\\Rightarrow \dfrac{9}{4}=2+\dfrac{1}{4}$

That is 2 complete Jar and one-fourth of third. In totality, it would be 3

jars.