Question

Annie has 3/2 pounds of cookie dough. If she needs 1/16 of a pound of cookie dough to make one cookie, how many cookies can she make

Answer 1

24 cookies

Explanation:

3/2= 1.5 and 1/16= 0.0625

if you divide the amount of dough you have by the amount needed for each cookie you will have 24

1.5/0.0625=24

Answer 2

`\boxed{\sf 24\ cookies}`

Explanation:

1 cookie = 1/16 of a pound of cookie

If we want to find how many cookies can be made by 3/2 pounds ( 1.5 pounds) then we need to divide 3/2 pounds by 1/16

=>
`(3)/(2) / (1)/(16)`

=>
`(3)/(2) * 16`

=> 3*8

=> 24 cookies