Question

Dad is getting food ready for my birthday party! Including me, there will be 18 people at the party. Dad is baking cookies for us! He can bake 24 cookies per batch. How many batches should should I tell dad to make so we can have 4 cookies?

Answer 1

Okay so we have 18 ppl we want 4 cookies per person

in one batch we can make 24

first multiple 18 by 4 or vice versa

answer is 72

now divide 72 by 24

answer is 3

we need 3 batches to make 4 cookies per person

Answer 2

Assuming all 18 members want 4 cookies each, the total amount of cookies needed is 18 x 4, or 72.
Dividing 72 total cookies by 24 cookies per batch will yield the total amount of batches needed to provide everyone with 4 cookies. 72/24 equals 3 exactly. Therefore, 3 batches of 24 cookies is needed to provide everyone with 4 cookies each.