Question

A recipe calls for 3 1/2 teaspoons of mustard seeds, 10 cups of tomato sauce, and 11 1/4 cups of beans. You use 6 2/3 cups of tomato sauce.

1) How many teaspoons of mustard seeds do you need?

2) How many cups of beans do you need?

Answer 1

Here is the steps you need to take, to solve this:

1- 1 cup = 48 teaspoons, if there are 10 cups that means you would need to do, 48 * 10 = 480 teaspoons.

2- Remember, 1 cup = 48 teaspoons. so, 11*48= 528. 1/4 off 48 is , 12. 528+12= 540 cups teaspoons.