Question

A bread recipe calls for 1/3 cup of butter. You want to make 1/2of a batch.

How much butter do you need?

A.1/6 cup

B.1/3 cup

C.2/3 cup

D.1and 1/2

Answer 1

It would be 1/2 times 1/3 to get 1/6 cups of butter.

Answer 2

a) 1/6 cup

Explanation:

A bread recipe calls for 1/3 cup of butter. If you only want to make 1/2 of a batch you would need to use one half of the ingredients used in the original recipe.

So, if you originally need 1/3 cup of butter, you'd need to use half of it.

We are going to solve it like this:

`((1)/(3) )/(2) = ((1)/(3) )/((2)/(1) ) = (1)/(6)`

Thus, you'd need 1/6 cup of butter to make 1/2 of a batch.