Question

The class decides to make chocolate chip cookies for Mr. Burn’s first day of school in September. Each student needs 3⁄4 of a stick of butter for the recipe. If 14 students want to make cookies, how many sticks of butter do they need to buy?

Answer 1

Answer:

10 1/2 sticks, or 11 sticks with half a stick left over.

Step-by-step explanation:

If every student (and there are 14 students) needs 3/4 stick of butter, the equation is 3/4 x 14 = 10 1/2