Question

A chocolate chip cookie recipe that makes 36 cookies calls for 1/2 cup of milk, 2 cups of sugar, and 8 ounces of chocolate chips. If you only wanted to make 24 cookies, how many of each ingredients would you need?

Please explain how to get the answer thank you

Answer 1

1/2 * 24/36 = 1/3 cup of milk

2 * 24/36 = 4/3 = 1 1/3 cups of sugar

8 * 24/36 = 5 1/3 ounces of chocolate chips