A baker uses 18 cups of flour to make 12 cakes. At this same rate, how many cups of flour are needed to make 1 cake?

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To determine how many cups of flour are needed for 1 cake, we can use a simple ratio:

The baker uses **18 cups** of flour for **12 cakes**. To find the amount for 1 cake, we divide the total amount of flour by the number of cakes:

\[
\frac{18 \text{ cups}}{12 \text{ cakes}} = 1.5 \text{ cups per cake}
\]

So, **1.5 cups of flour** are needed to make 1 cake.

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Here are 5 related questions:
1. If the baker wanted to make 20 cakes, how many cups of flour would be required?
2. How much flour would be needed for 6 cakes?
3. If 9 cups of flour were used, how many cakes could the baker make?
4. What if the baker had only 3 cups of flour, how many cakes can be made?
5. If the recipe changes to use 2 cups of flour per cake, how many cakes could be made with 18 cups of flour?

**Tip:** To solve problems involving rates, always remember to set up a proportion or unit rate to simplify calculations!

A baker uses 18 cups of flour to make 12 cakes. At this same rate, how many cups of flour are needed to make 1 cake?

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