Question

Fill in the _______ with the correct answer. Use numerals instead of words. If necessary, use / for the fraction bar.

Becca has a biscuit recipe that uses of a tablespoon of salt for every of a cup of flour. In order to have enough biscuits for her family that is visiting, Becca is making a batch of biscuits using 3 cups of flour and ________ tablespoons of salt.

Answer 1

Answer 3

This is because there is three cups of flower and she uses a tablespoon of salt for each cup

Answer 2

3 tablespoons

Explanation:

The ratio is 1tsp of salt:1 cup of flour

if she is using three cups of flour the increase would be times 3 therefor she uses 3(1)tsp of salt. (3 table spoons)