Question

A recipe calls for 3 1/2 cups of flour. If you want to make 1⁄3 of the recipe, how much flour should you use?

Answer 1

Answer:

1/3 of the recipe will require 1 ¹/₆ cups of flour.

Explanation:

Given;

1 recipe requires  =  3 1/2 cups = 7/2 cups

1/3 of the recipe = ?

The number of cups of flour required is calculated as;

If 1 recipe requires  --------> 7/2 cups

then, 1/3 of the recipe -------> x

$x = \frac{1}{3} \ recipe \ \ \times \ \ \frac{7}{2} \ \frac{cups}{recipe} \\\\x = \frac{7}{6} \ cups \ \ = \ \ 1\frac{1}{6} \ cups \ of \ flour$

Therefore, 1/3 of the recipe will require 1 ¹/₆ cups of flour.