Question

The recipe for pumpkin pie calls for 3 tablespoons of flour and 1.5 cups of sugar for each pie. Which of the following conversion factors would be used to find out how many pies could be made from 7.5 cups of sugar.

Answer 1

Answer:

5 pumpkin pies could be made with 7.5 cups of sugar.

Explanation:

The conversion factor to solve the problem is:

$7.5 cups of sugar\times\frac{1 pie}{1.5 cups of sugar} = 5 pies$