Question

Jasmine's lemon cookie recipe calls for 2 5/6 cups of sugar. How much sugar would Jasmine use to make 2/3 of a batch of cookies? Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Answer 1

Answer: Jasmine would use 17 / 9 cups of sugar to make 2 / 3 of a batch of cookies.

Step-by-step explanation: (2 5 / 6) (2 / 3)

(17 / 6) (2 / 3)

34 / 18 ÷ 2 / 2

17 / 9