how much flour is needed to make 1/2 the recipe?

Question

A recipe 3 3/4 cups of flour.

 

Answer 1

3 3/4 can be rewritten as 15/4.  Since we want to make half the recipe, we just divide this fraction by 2.

 

(15/4)/2 =

 

(15/4)*(1/2) =          (Dividing by 2 is the same as multiplying by 1/2)

 

15/8 =

 

Convert improper fraction to a mixed number.

 

1 7/8 cups of flour is needed to make half the recipe.