Theo wants to use a cookie recipe that makes 36 cookies but he wants to reduce the number of cookies to 24. If the recipe specifies using 2 cups of sugar, how much sugar should he use?

1 Answer
May 21, 2017

1(1)/3 cups

Explanation:

This is a ratio question. If we are comparing the ratios, we could say 24/36 = x/2 where x = the amount of sugar to make 24 cookies.
We can multiply both sides by 2 to cancel the 2 on the right, making (24(2))/36 = x.
Simplify this and we get 48/36 and eventually 4/3 or 1(1)/3.