Question

a recipe asks for 2 and 1/3 of a cup of flour. how many cups of flour are needed.

A. 8 1/3
B. 8 1/6
C. 6 1/6
D. 5 5/6

Answer 1

Are you sure you typed this right? 2 1/3 cups is just 2 1/3 cups. But that's not one of the possible answers.

Answer 2

sorry how much is needed for 3 1/2 recipies

Answer 3

It says cups, not quarts or pints maybe?
They're saying they need 2 and 1/3 cups of flour. Then they're asking you how many cups of flour. The answer is 2 1/3 but that's not one of your possibilities. So I'm guessing that the question has a typing error?

Answer 4

Okay. Now it makes sense.

Answer 5

yep

Answer 6

sorry for the confusion

Answer 7

So you need 2 1/3 for ONE recipe. To find out how much you'll need for 2 1/2 recipes, you'll need to multiply 2 1/3 by 2 1/2. I like to change the fractions into what's called improper ones so that they aren't mixed fractions. That makes it easier to multiply them.
2 1/3 = 7/3 2 1/2 = 5/2
7/3 times 5/2 = 35/6
Are you okay with multiplying fractions? (Top times top over bottom times bottom)
Now change this back into a mixed fraction. 35/6 = 5 5/6 so D.

Answer 8

Thank You jam333