Question

you need 4 teaspoons of cinnamon to make a cake if you up the recipe and use 6 teaspoons of cinnamon what percent increase does this represent?

Answer 1

Answer:

going from 4 tsp to 60 tsp is an increase of 50%

Step-by-step explanation:

$\frac{new - old}{old} \times 100$

$\frac{6 - 4}{4} \times 100 = \\ \frac{2}{4} \times 100 = \frac{1}{2} \times 100 = \frac{100}{2} = 50$