Question

Grandma Betty's recipe makes 6 cupcakes and uses 1/3 of a cup of sugar. How many cups of sugar will it take to make 2 ½ dozen cupcakes?

Answer 1

6 cupcakes ----1/3 sugar, 2 1/2 dozen = 2*12+12/2=24+6=30
30 cupcakes ---x

x=(30*1/3)/6=10/6=1 4/6=1 2/3 cups of sugar