Question

Ms. B is making snickerdoodle cookies. Her recipe uses one and a half teaspoons of cinnamon to make two dozen cookies. If she needs to make thirteen dozen cookies to give one cookie to each of her students, how much cinnamon will she need? There are three teaspoons in one tablespoon. How many tablespoons and teaspoons will Ms. B need?

Answer 1

Answer:

First we must learn to dissect a question.

Explanation:

Part 1

We can list our facts first:

• Every 2 dozen cookies takes 1.5 teaspoons of cinnamon to make
• She needs 13 dozen cookies

She needs 13 dozen cookies. So (13/2)x 1.5 teaspoons

$6.5 \times 1.5 = 9.75 \: teaspoons$

Part 2

She needs 9.75 teaspoons and 3 teaspoons make a tablespoon

So..

$9.75 \div 3 = 3 r0.75= 3tbsp \: and \: 0.75tsp$