Susan has a 5-pound bag of flour and an old recipe of her grandmother's calling for 1 kilogram of flour. she read on the bag of flour that It weighs 2.26 kilograms. She also reads on the bag of flour that one serving of flour is about 1/4 cup and that there are about 78 servings In the bag of flour.
a. how many cups of flour should Susan use In her grandmother's recipe? solve & explain how you use the meanings of multiplication and division in solving the problem.
b. how can Susan measure this amount of flour as precisely as possible If she has the following measuring containers available: 1 cup, 1/2 cup, 1/3 cup, 1/4 cup measures, 1 tablespoon? Remember that 1 cup = 16 tablespoons.