Enzo's favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe calls for 1 teąspoon of salt for every 241 cups of flour. He currently has 121 cups of flour in his flour jar and 421 cups of flour in a bag. If Enzo wants to use up all of his flour to make chocolate chip cookies, how many teaspoons of salt does he need?
Q. Enzo's favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe calls for 1 teąspoon of salt for every 241 cups of flour. He currently has 121 cups of flour in his flour jar and 421 cups of flour in a bag. If Enzo wants to use up all of his flour to make chocolate chip cookies, how many teaspoons of salt does he need?
Calculate total flour: Enzo has 1(21) cups of flour in his flour jar and 4(21) cups in a bag. Let's add them up to find the total amount of flour.1(21)+4(21)=1+21+4+21=5+1=6 cups of flour.
Determine salt amount: The recipe calls for 1 teaspoon of salt for every 2(1/4) cups of flour. Let's find out how many times 2(1/4) goes into 6 cups of flour.6÷2(1/4)=6÷2.25=2.666…
Round down for teaspoons: Since we can't have a fraction of a teaspoon of salt, we'll round down to the nearest whole number. Enzo needs 2 teaspoons of salt for the flour he has.
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