Question

a recipe calls for 2 2/3 cups of flour. terell wants to make 3/4 of the recipe. how much flour should he use?a: 1/2 cupsb: 2/3 cupsc: 1 1/2 cupsd: 2 cups

Answer 1

2 2/3 × 3/4
= 8/3 × 3/4
= 24/12
= 2/1
Answer: D (2 cups)

Answer 2

If a recipe calls for
`2(2)/(3)` cups of flour and Terell wants to make
`(3)/(4)` of the recipe, then in order to determine how much flour he should use, he has to multiply
`2(2)/(3)` by
`(3)/(4)`.

Note that

`2(2)/(3)=(2\cdot 3+2)/(3)=(8)/(3).`

Therefore,

`2(2)/(3)\cdot (3)/(4)=(8)/(3)\cdot (3)/(4)=(8\cdot 3)/(3\cdot 4)=2` cups of flour.

Answer: 2 cups of flour - choice D