Her original recipe makes 16 dozen and she only needs 4 dozen so she needs to reduce the recipe by 16/4 = <<16/4=4>>4

For 4 dozen cookies, she needs to reduce her recipe by 4 and the original called for 4 pounds of butter so she now needs 4/4 = 1 pound of butter

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Valerie’s cookie recipe makes 16 dozen cookies and calls for 4 pounds of butter.  She only wants to make 4 dozen cookies for the weekend.  How many pounds of butter will she need?
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Valerie’s cookie recipe makes 16 dozen cookies and calls for 4 pounds of butter.  She only wants to make 4 dozen cookies for the weekend.  How many pounds of butter will she need?
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