Question

A biscuit factory used 1/4 of a barrel of oatmeal in each batch of cookies.if the factory used 1/2 of barrel of oatmeal one day,how much batches of cookies did factory make?​

Answer 1

Given,

The single batch of cookies need ¼th barrel of oatmeal.

The total used oatmeal is ½ of the barrel of oatmeal.

To find,

The number of cookie batches that were manufactured by the factory.

Solution,

For an easier calculation, we will assume that the total part of a barrel of oatmeal has a numerical value of 1. Rest of the calculations will be done according to the normal arithmetic methods.

Now, according to the data mentioned in the question,

¼ barrel will produce = 1 batch of cookies

1 barrel will produce = 1×4 = 4 batches of cookies

½ barrel will produce = 4/2 = 2 batches of cookies

Hence, the factory produced 2 batches of cookies.

Answer 2

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