Question

Scott is baking chocolate cupcakes for the school bake sale. He made 36 cupcakes yesterday, and he wants to bring 96 cupcakes in all. His recipe calls for 8 tablespoons of butter for a batch of 12 cupcakes. How many cups of butter will he use for the rest of his cupcakes?

Answer 1

2.5

Explanation:

1) 96-36=60

2)60/12=5

3)8*5=40

4)40 tablespoons is equal to 2.5 cups.

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