Question

A recipe for brownies calls for 1/8 cup of sugar and the recipe makes 12 brownies what fraction of a cup is in each brownie? THANKS!

Answer 1

Answer:
`(1)/(96)`

Explanation:

(
`(1)/(8)`)/12

Divide the fraction
`(1)/(8)` by 12. This is because we need to split the sugar between 12 brownies, and to split something means to divide it. Use the switch, flip and multiply method.

I inserted an image on how to use this method.

Anyway, to use this method, we need 2 fractions, so instead of 12, we have to use
`(12)/(1)`.

`(1)/(8)/(12)/(1)`

=
`(1)/(8)` ×
`(1)/(12)` Multiply the denominators and numerators

=
`(1)/(96)`