Question

a recipe calls for 2 1/3 cups of flour and 1 1/4 cups of sugar. if the recipe is tripled, how much flour and sugar will be needed?

Answer 1

I am going to say the same answer, the same

Answer 2

It would require 7 Cups of flour and 3 3/4 Cups of sugar.

First you get the whole numbers into fractions which 2 1/3 = 7/3. Then you multiply by 3 so 7x3=21, so your new result is 21/3 Which you can reduce into 7 Cups of Flour. The same can be done with the sugar. 1 1/4= 5/4. 5x3= 15, and your new result is 15/4 which you can reduce to 3 3/4 Cups of sugar.