Question

the local bakery uses 1.75 cups of flour in each batch of cookies the bakery used 5.25 cups of flour this morning how many batches of cookies did thay make

Answer 1

the answer is 3
divide 5.25 by 1.75

Answer 2

5.25 divided by 1.75 = 3 batches

5.25 is the total flour they have and divide the total by 1.75-the amount of flour they need to make each batch- and you get three batches. I hope this helps:)