Question

A recipe uses 1/2 tablespoon of sugar for every 1 1/2 cups of oatmeal. How many tablespoons are used for each cup of oatmeal?

Answer 1

1/2 = 1/1/2 cups
1 cup = 1/3 tablespoons

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Answer 2

I hope I explained this well!
So there are 16 tablespoons in a cup, so that means that 8 tablespoons make half a cup. Now with 16+8=24. That's it, 24 tablespoons in each 1 1/2 cups of oatmeal.