Question

A recipe requires 5/6 of a cup of sugar. If mrs. Marina is going to make one half of the recipe, how much sugar does she need

Answer 1

Explanation:

Umm well what’s the half of 5/6???

Answer 2

5/12 of a cup

Explanation:

One half of 5/6 of a cup can be written as:

`(1)/(2) * (5)/(6) = (5)/(12)`

Recall that in multiplying fractions you multiply the numerators to get the new numerator, and you multiply the denominators to get the new denominator.