One batch of cookies requires 4 cups of flour and 1.5 cups of sugar. How many cups of flour and sugar combined would be needed for 8 batches?
Flour + sugar = 4 + 1.5 = 
<gadget id="calculator">4+1.5</gadget>
<output>5.5</output>
5.5 cups
8 batches = 5.5 * 8 = 
<gadget id="calculator">8*5.5</gadget>
<output>44</output>
44 cups.
There would be 44 cups of flour and sugar combined for 8 batches of cookies.

<result>44</result>