Question

Liam is making chocolate chip cookies. The recipe calls for 1 cup of sugar for every 3 cups of flour. Liam only has 2 cups of flour. How much sugar should Liam use and explain why your answere is correct.

Answer 1

Answer: 2/3

Step-by-step explanation: 2/3 cup of sugar. you keep the 3 cups of flour the same, and put the 1 cup of sugar as a fraction like 3/3=1 cup. then just minus the 1 cup of flour from the top. 2/3 cups of sugar

Answer 2

Answer - 2/3

If the recipie Liam is using requires 3 cups of flour, and he only has 2, then he has 2/3 of the amount in the recipie. This means he would need to use the same proportions of sugar as flour - 2/3. Therefore he needs to use 2/3 x 1 of the amount in the recipie, which is two thirds (2/3) of a cup.