Question

Luis is making two batches of muffins for a school picnic.One batch of muffins uses 1/4 cup of oats and 1/3 cup of flour. How much oats and flour does luis need for two batches?

Answer 1

1/2 cups of oats and 2/3 cups of flour . You have to double the required ingredients because your’e doubling the batches

Answer 2

1/2 cup of oats and 2/3 cup of flour.

Explanation:

When multiplying a fraction you use the number over one. In this case each fraction would be multiplied by 2/1. So 1/4 x 2/1 would multiply across to be 2/4 which can be simplified to 1/2 and with 1/3 x 2/1 it comes out at 2/3 which cannot be simplified further.