Question

Please answer :( If it takes 1/3 cup of flour to make 1/4 of a cake, how many cups of flour are needed to make a whole cake?

Answer 1

4/3 cup or 1 1/3 cup

Explanation:

the amount of flour needed to bake the whole cake can be represented by the variable x:

1/3=(1/4)*x

(1/3)/(1/4)=x

x=(1/3)/(1/4)

x=(1/3)*(4/1)

x=4/3

if transferred into a mixed number it is 1 1/3

Thus, 4/3 cup (or 1 1/3 cups) of flour is needed to bake the whole cake

Answer 2

1
`(1)/(3)`

Explanation:

1/4cake=1/3cup

Now times both sides by 4

`(1)/(4)` x
`(4)/(1)`=1 cake

`(1)/(3)` x
`(4)/(1)`=
`(4)/(3)` which equals 1
`(1)/(3)`