Question

A cake recipe calls for 4 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar. To triple the recipe, how many cups of flour and sugar are needed in all? Which expression will you use to solve? *
2 points
3 + 4 x 2
(3 x 4) + (3 x 2)
3 + 4 + 2
3 x 4 + 2
3 + (4 x 2)

Answer 1

Answer: 18 cups total
Expression: (3×4) + (3×2)
Work:
3×4=12
3×2=6
12+6=18

Answer 2

$(3 \times 4) + (3 \times 2)$
4 cups of flour is tripled that is
$3 \times 4$
2 cups of sugar is tripled that is
$3 \times 2$

The expression will be
$(3 \times 4) + (3 \times 2)$