2 3 cup x 3
Asked by maham237 @ in Mathematics viewed by 293 People
A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of milk. If you make 3 1/2 times the recipe, how much milk do you need?
Asked by maham237 @ in Mathematics viewed by 293 People
A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of milk. If you make 3 1/2 times the recipe, how much milk do you need?
Answered by maham237 @
To solve this problem, we need to multiply 2/3 by 3 1/2. We do this because we are making the recipe 3 1/2 times, which means we need the amount of milk for one recipe multiplied by the amount of times you are completing the recipe. To multiply these two numbers, we first need to convert 3 1/2 to an improper fraction. To do this, we multiply the denominator by the whole number and add the numerator, while keeping the same denominator. This is modeled below:
3 1/2 = (2*3 + 1)/2 = (6+1)/2 = 7/2
Now that we have this information, we can multiply our fractions together by simply multiplying the numerators and denominators together (straight across).
2/3 * 7/2 = (2*7)/(3*2) = 14/6
To simplify this fraction, we need to divide both the numerator and the denominator by the GCF, or greatest common factor, of the two numbers. The greatest common factor is 2.
(14/2) / (6/2) = 7/3
To convert this fraction into a mixed number, we must divide, and make the remainder into a fraction.
7/3 = 2 r 1 = 2 1/3
Therefore, your answer is 2 1/3 cups of milk.
Hope this helps!
Asked by maham237 @ in Mathematics viewed by 363 persons
Asked by maham237 @ in Mathematics viewed by 354 persons
Asked by maham237 @ in Mathematics viewed by 380 persons
Asked by maham237 @ in Chemistry viewed by 342 persons
Asked by maham237 @ in Mathematics viewed by 315 persons
Asked by maham237 @ in Mathematics viewed by 258 persons
Asked by admin @ in Math viewed by 349 persons
Asked by maham237 @ in Mathematics viewed by 369 persons
Asked by maham237 @ in Mathematics viewed by 18363 persons
Asked by admin @ in Mathematics viewed by 8161 persons
Asked by admin @ in Mathematics viewed by 5785 persons
Asked by maham237 @ in Mathematics viewed by 3936 persons
Asked by maham237 @ in Mathematics viewed by 3254 persons
Asked by maham237 @ in Mathematics viewed by 2925 persons
Asked by maham237 @ in Mathematics viewed by 2799 persons
Asked by maham237 @ in Mathematics viewed by 2584 persons
Asked by maham237 @ in Mathematics viewed by 2481 persons
Asked by maham237 @ in Mathematics viewed by 2431 persons
Asked by maham237 @ in Mathematics viewed by 2420 persons
Asked by maham237 @ in Mathematics viewed by 2076 persons
Asked by maham237 @ in Mathematics viewed by 1795 persons