Question

A recipe calls for 2 5/8 cups of flour. If you are only making a half-batch, how much flour would you need?

Answer 1

1 5/16 cups

Explanation:

A recipe calls for 2 5/8 cups of flour. If you are only making a half-batch, how much flour would you need?

A recipe = 1 batch

Hence,

1 batch = 2 5/8 cups of flour

1/2 batch = x cups of flour

Cross Multiply

x cups × 1 batch = 1/2 batch × 2 5/8 cups of flour

x cups = 1/2 batch × 2 5/8 cups /1 batch

x cups = 1/2 × 21/8

x cups = 21/16

x cups = 1 5/16 cups

Half batch requires 1 5/16 cups of flour