Acake recipe calls for 1 cup of oil. jean needs to make 12 cakes for her school bake sale. how many quarts of oil will jean need to use?

each cake needs 1 cup, so 12 cakes need 12 cups of oil

4 cups = 1 quart

12/4 = 3 quarts total is needed

hey there!

if she's saving for six months, let's divide the total number we need for the trip by six, dividing it into the amount that needs to be saved for each month.

500 ÷ 6 =

she needs to save at least this amount each month, so we should use this symbol: ≥

let x be the amount she saves each month.

your final answer is x ≥

hope this !