Question

A recipe for cookies requires 1/3 cup of butter. Mila wants to make 3/4 of the recipe. How many cups of butter should Mila use to make the cookies? Don't forget to simplify.

Answer 1

Given:

A recipe for cookies requires $\dfrac{1}{3}$ cup of butter.

Mila wants to make $\dfrac{3}{4}$ of the recipe.

To find:

The number of cups of butter should Mila use to make the cookies.

Solution:

It is given that,

A recipe for cookies requires $\dfrac{1}{3}$ cup of butter.

$\dfrac{3}{4}$ of the recipe requires $\dfrac{3}{4}\times \dfrac{1}{3}$ cup of butter.

Now,

$\text{Required cups of butter}=\dfrac{3}{4}\times \dfrac{1}{3}$

$\text{Required cups of butter}=\dfrac{3}{12}$

$\text{Required cups of butter}=\dfrac{1}{4}$

Therefore, $\dfrac{1}{4}$ cups of butter is required.