Question

A bread recipe calls for 1/3 cup of butter. You want to make 1/2of a batch.

Answer 1

It would be 1/2 times 1/3 to get 1/6 cups of butter.

Answer 2

Answer:

a) 1/6 cup

Step-by-step explanation:

A bread recipe calls for 1/3 cup of butter. If you only want to make 1/2 of a batch you would need to use one half of the ingredients used in the original recipe.

So, if you originally need 1/3 cup of butter, you'd need to use half of it.

We are going to solve it like this:

$\frac{\frac{1}{3} }{2} = \frac{\frac{1}{3} }{\frac{2}{1} } = \frac{1}{6}$

Thus, you'd need 1/6 cup of butter to make 1/2 of a batch.