Problem:
At Central Middle School the students who take the meet in the evening to talk about problems and eat an average of two cookies apiece. Walter and Gretel are baking Bonnie's Best Bar Cookies this year. Their recipe, which makes a pan of cookies, list these items:
cups of flour, eggs, tablespoons butter, cups sugar, and package of chocolate drops. They will make only full recipes, not partial recipe.
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The drummer gets sick. The concert is cancelled. Walter and Gretel must make enough pans of cookies to supply cookies. There are tablespoons in a stick of butter. How many sticks of butter will be needed? (Some butter may be left over, of course.)
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Solution:
Since , they will have to bake recipes. This requires tablespoons of butter. So, , and sticks are needed.
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