peanut butter

Question

a recipe calls for 9 tablespoons of peanut butter. how many ounces of peanut butter should you use if 1 cup equals 0.5625 pounds

Answer 1

The are 16 tablespoons per cup

 

(tbsp)/(tbsp/cup) = cup

 

(9 tbsp)/(16 tbsp/cup) = .5625 cups of peanut butter

 

1 cup = .5625 pounds

 

(.5625 cups)(.5625 pounds/cup) = .3164 pounds peanut butter

 

(.3164 pounds)(16 oz/pound) = 5.06 ounces