Question

A bread recipe calls for 1/3 cup of butter. You want to make 1/2 of a batch. How much butter do you need?

Answer 1

Do 1/3 x 1/2 to get 1/6, or you could think, 1/3 divided by 2, which would equal 1/3 x 1/2

Answer 2

If you want to make
`(1)/(2)` of a batch and a bread recipe calls for
`(1)/(3)` cup of butter, then you should multiply the fraction needed to make the whole batch by the fraction of a batch you want tot make:

`(1)/(3)\cdot (1)/(2)=(1)/(6).`

Answer: you need
`(1)/(6)` cup od butter.