Question

Bryan is cooking cupcakes for a bake sale at his club. The recipe calls for 12 cups of flour. He has already put 3 cups of flour in the mixing bowl. How many more cups does he need to put in? Write an equation to represent this problem. Then solve.

Answer 1

9 cups

Explanation:

12-3 = 9

Answer 2

Bryan needs 9 cups more.

Explanation:

Bryan is cooking cupcakes for a bake sale at his club. The recipe calls for 12 cups of flour.

Number of cups of flour, he already has = 3

Lets say he needs x cups more.

So, equation forms =
`12=x+3`

=>
`12-3=x`

x = 9

Hence, Bryan needs 9 cups more.