Question

Sam's recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour. Pete's recipe calls for 2 1/4 times the amount of flour in Sam's recipe.

Which statement is true about the recipes?
A. Sam's recipe uses less flour than Pete's.
B. Pete's recipe uses exactly 2 1/4 cups of flour, so he uses less flour in his recipe than Sam does.
C. Pete uses less flour than Sam does. Sam's recipe uses 1/4 more flour than the amount in Pete's recipe.

Answer 1

A) the amount of petes recipe is equal to 2.5 times 2.25 and every time you multiply you get a bigger number

Answer 2

The answer is A. Sam's recipe uses less flour than Pete's becuase Pete is using 2 1/4 multiplied by 2 1/2 (Sam's) so it will be more than Sam's.