Question

It takes3/4 cup of sugar to make a loaf of bread how much sugar would you need to make 16 loaves of bread

Answer 1

Too make this easier for me or others 3/4 can be represented as 0.75. 3/4 or 0.75 x 16 = 12

More depth explanation:

Multiple: 3/

4

* 16 = 3 · 16/

4 · 1

= 48/

4

= 12 · 4/

1 · 4

= 12

Multiply both numerators and denominators. Result fraction keep to lowest possible denominator GCD(48, 4) = 4. In the following intermediate step, cancel by a common factor of 4 gives 12/

1

.

In other words - three quarters multiplied by sixteen = twelve.

Answer 2

Multiply 16 to 3/4 to get 12