Question

A recipe calls for three-quarter cup of sugar in 1/2 cup of brown sugar. You are reducing the recipe. You will use 1/6 cup of brown sugar. How much sugar will you use?

Answer 1

1/4 cup

Explanation:

1/6 of a cup is the original half cup divided by 3. This means you need to also divide the 3/4 cup of sugar by 3 too.

`(3)/(4)` ÷ 3

`(3)/(4)*(1)/(3) = (3)/(12)=(1)/(4)`