Question

Edward’s recipe for salad uses a ratio of 3 3/4 cups of lettuce to 1/2 lb of tomatoes. Use a complex fraction to compare the amount of lettuce to the amount of tomatoes. Determine how many cups of lettuce Edward needs to mix with 1 lb of tomatoes. Show your work.

Answer 1

It would be 7 1/2. Here's a picture of how I did it

Explanation:

I used a method called keep change flip to divide the 3 3/4 and 1/2. I got 30/4, then divided the improper fraction, and got 7 2/4. Then reduced it by 2 and got 7 1/2.