Question

A cookie recipe calls for 2 3/3 cups of flour. If Ricky wants to make 1 1/2 times the recipe. How much flour does he need?

Answer 1

To find out how much flour Ricky needs, we first need to find 1 1/2 times the amount of flour in the original recipe.

2 3/3 cups of flour is the same as 8/3 cups of flour.

To find 1 1/2 times the amount of flour in the original recipe, we can multiply 8/3 by 1 1/2:

8/3 x 3/2 = 24/6 + 4/6 = 28/6

So 1 1/2 times the amount of flour in the original recipe is 28/6 cups of flour.

To find out how much flour Ricky needs, we can multiply this amount by 1 1/2:

28/6 x 3/2 = 84/12 + 18/12 = 102/12

So Ricky needs 102/12 cups of flour, which simplifies to 8 1/2 cups of flour.