Question

You are baking loaves of zucchini bread for the bake sale. The recipe requires 2 3 cup of oil for each loaf. You have 6 cups of oil. How many loaves can you bake? A) 4 loaves B) 8 loaves C) 9 loaves D) 12 loaves Eliminate

Answer 1

Option C

9 loaves can be baked

Solution:

Given that recipe requires $\frac{2}{3}$ cup of oil for each loaf

You have 6 cups of oil.

To find: Number of loafes can be baked

Number of loafes can be baked can be found by dividing total cups of oil you have by cups of oil needed for 1 loaf

total cups of oil you have = 6 cups of oil

cups of oil needed for 1 loaf = $\frac{2}{3}$ cup of oil

$\text{ Number of loafes can be baked } =\frac{\text { total cups of oil you have }}{\text { cups of oil needed for } 1 \text { loaf }}$

Substituting the values we get,

$\text{ Number of loafes can be baked }=\frac{6}{\frac{2}{3}}\\\\\text{ Number of loafes can be baked }=6 \times \frac{3}{2}=9$

Thus 9 loafes can be baked