Question

Karl is making a pot of chili. The recipe calls for StartFraction 3 Over 8 EndFraction cup of chili powder, but Karl only wants to use half as much so it won’t be so spicy. How much chili powder should Karl use?

Answer 1

Karl should use 3/16 cup of chili

Explanation:

From the question, we are told that the recipe calls for 3/8 to be used

However, Karl wants to use half of this

what we have to simply do here is to divide what was stated in the recipe to be used by 2

We can either divide by 2 or simply multiply by 1/2

Mathematically, we have this as;

3/8 * 1/2 = 3/16 of a cup