Question

You are a batter mixer in a factory that makes cakes. The batter calls for 0.75 of a teaspoon of almond extract. Your measuring spoons show fractions, not decimals. Using your tools to measure, how much almond extract should you add?

Answer 1

3/4 teaspoon of almond extract

Explanation:

In order to solve this problem, you need to convert the decimal measurement to a fraction measurement.

To do so, we need to convert the number 0.75 to a fraction. We can do this by writing it as 0.75 over 1.

Next we multiply both the numerator and denominator in 0.75/1 by 100. (We do this because the last digit in the decimal is in the hundredths place)

0.75 x 100 = 75 1 x 100 = 100

So now we have the fraction 75/100. From here all we have to do is simplify the fraction.

75/100 simplified is 3/4.

So using your tools, you would measure 3/4 teaspoon of almond extract.