Question

Pam's recipe calls for 3

cups of sugar and 5 cups of
flour but he only has 1 cup
of sugar, about how much
flour should he use?

Answer 1

7 cups of flour

Explanation:

substitute cups of flour for missing cups of sugar

missing 2 cups of sugar, add 2 cups to 5 = 7 cups of flour total

Answer 2

1 cup! Because he only has that much.