Question

Joy needed 4/5 pint of milk for a recipe. Her friend asha said she should use 2/5 cup of milk. Joy said she should use 1 3/5 cips of milk. Given that 1 cup is equal to 1/2 pint, who was correct explain how you know

Answer 1

Joy is correct

Explanation:

Step 1 :

Given 1 cup is equal to 1/2 pints

Step 2:

Asha says 2/5 cup of milk should be used

1 cup = 1/2 pint

=> 2/5 cup = 1/2 * 2/5 = 2/10 = 1/5 pint

This is not what joy needs for the recipe. Hence Asha is not correct

Step 3:

Joy says she should be using 1 3/5 cups = 8/5 cups (converting to improper fraction

1 cup = 1/2 pint

8/5 cup = 8/5 * 1/2 = 8/10 = 4/5 pint which is the measurement required by joy for her recipe

Hence Joy is correct