Question

A recipe calls for 3.75 cups of flour what is this amount as a mixed number in simplest form

Answer 1

3.75 is 3 and 3/4 cups of flour.

Answer 2

Hence, the amount 3.75 could be represented as a mixed number in simplest form as:

`3(3)/(4)`

Explanation:

It is given that:

A recipe calls for 3.75 cups of flour.

Now this amount could also be written as:

`3.75=(375)/(100)`

( since we wrote this quantity in fraction form )

Now, this number could be written as:

`(375)/(100)=(15)/(4)`

now this proper fraction could be written in mixed form as follows:

`(15)/(4)=3(3)/(4)`