Question

2 1/2 cups of flour makes 10 cookies. How much flour is in each cookie

Answer 1

1/4 cup

Explanation:

2 1/2 = 2.5

We can use a proportion.

2.5 cups is to 10 cookies as x cups is to 1 cookie

2.5/10 = x/1

x = 2.5/10

x = 0.25 = 1/4

Answer: 1/4 cup