Question

A recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of milk. How

much milk will you need to make three

times the recipe?

Answer 1

7.5

Explanation:

The recipe calls for 2 and 1/2 cups of milk for one recipe.

2 and 1/2 can be written as 2.5 in decimal form.

Now, we need to make 3 times the given recipe so we need to multiply the initial amount of milk (2.5) times 3.

so,

2.5 x 3 = 7.5

you will need 7.5 cups of milk to make 3 times the recipe.

Answer 2

2 1/2 * 3 = 7 1/2 cups of milk