If a recipe requires 3/4 cup of sugar for 12 cookies, how much sugar is needed for 36 cookies?

Correct answer

A. 2 1/4 cups

Explanation

36 cookies is 3 times as many as 12, so the sugar needed is also tripled: 3/4 × 3 = 9/4 = 2 1/4 cups.

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