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Susan has a 5-pound bag of flour and an old recipe of her grandmother's calling for 1 kilogram of flour. She reads on the bag of flour that it weighs 2.26 kilograms. She also reads on the bag of flour that I serving of flour is about
- Based on the information given, how many cups of flour should Susan use in her grandmother's recipe? Solve this problem, and explain how you use the definitions of multiplication and division in solving it.
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