document.write( "Question 1208101: A math assessment question I need to understand.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Logan is making chocolate chip cookies. He found a recipe that makes
\n" ); document.write( "40 cookies and calls for 1 and 1/3 cups of chocolate chips. If he
\n" ); document.write( "wants to make 70 cookies, which equation correctly calculates how
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "a). 1 and 3/4 x 1 and 1/3 = 15/12 = 1 and 1/4 cups\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "b). 1 and 1/2 x 1 and 1/3 = 12/6 = 2 cups\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "c). 1 and 4/7 x 1 and 1/3 = 44/21 = 2 and 2/21 cups\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "d). 1 and 3/4 x 1 and 1/3 = 28/12 = 2 and 1/3 cups \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "A math assessment question I need to understand.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Logan is making chocolate chip cookies. He found a recipe that makes\r\n" );
document.write( "40 cookies and calls for 1 and 1/3 cups of chocolate chips.  If he\r\n" );
document.write( "wants to make 70 cookies, which equation correctly calculates how \r\n" );
document.write( "many cups of chocolate chips Logan will need?\r\n" );
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document.write( "a). 1 and 3/4 x  1 and 1/3 = 15/12 =  1 and 1/4 cups\r\n" );
document.write( "b). 1 and 1/2 x  1 and 1/3 = 12/6  =  2 cups\r\n" );
document.write( "c). 1 and 4/7 x  1 and 1/3 = 44/21 =  2 and 2/21 cups\r\n" );
document.write( "d). 1 and 3/4 x  1 and 1/3 = 28/12 =  2 and 1/3 cups\r\n" );
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document.write( "You can set this up as a PROPORTION.\r\n" );
document.write( "As given, 40 cookies require  cups of chocolate chips\r\n" );
document.write( "Let the amount of cups of chocolate chips needed for 70 cookies, be C\r\n" );
document.write( "We then get the following PROPORTION: \r\n" );
document.write( "                                        ---- Reducing left-side fraction, and converting\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                      right-side numerator to an improper fraction\r\n" );
document.write( "                                       -- Cross-multiplying\r\n" );
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document.write( "Number of cups of chocolate chips needed for 70 cookies, or

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