Ms. Smith has a recipe for a batch of cookies that calls for ¼ cup of flour but she has to cut the recipe into a half because of the number of people she is serving. How much flour does she need? Help

cup of flour

Step-by-step explanation:

To change the ÷ sign to a × sign, swap the denominators and numerators of the second fraction.

÷ = ×

Directly multiply. (Denominators with denominators and numerators with numerators)

× =

answer: first option i.e. 'a' is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

number of minutes to wrap a small gift box = 4 minutes

we need to find the number of gifts to be wrapped in 5 minutes

since there is a direct variation, as the number of minutes will increase with   number of gifts to be wrapped.

so, let the number of gifts to be wrapped in 5 minutes be x.

so, it becomes,

hence, first option 'a'   is correct.