Question

the local bakery uses 1.75 cups of flour in each batch of cookies the bakery used 5.25 cups of flour this morning how many batches of cookies did thay make

Answer 1

Given:
1.75 cups per batch

That is
$\frac{1.75}{1.75} \, cups \, per \, \frac{1}{1.75} \, batch = 1 \, cup \, per \, \frac{1}{1.75} \, batch$

Therefore, 5.25 cups will make
$5.25 \times \frac{1}{1.75} \, batches = \frac{5.25}{1.75} = 3 \, batches$

Answer:  3 batches