Question

A recipe requires 1 1/2, cups of milk for every 1/2 of a cup of flour. What is the ratio of

cups of milk to one cup of flour?

Answer 1

So the ratio of cups of milk to one cup of flour is 3:1.

Explanation:

We can start by multiplying the denominator by 2 to get a denominator of 1:

1/2 * 2 = 1

Now we need to multiply the numerator by 2 as well to keep the ratio the same:

1 1/2 * 2 = 3