Question: Provide a step by step solution for the following math problem: Mary has 6 jars of sprinkles in her pantry. Each jar of sprinkles can decorate 8 cupcakes. Mary wants to bake enough cupcakes to use up all of her sprinkles. If each pan holds 12 cupcakes, how many pans worth of cupcakes should she bake?
Answer: 
She has enough sprinkles for 6 * 8 = 48 cupcakes.
She needs 48 / 12 = 4 pans to bake all of the cupcakes.