Tablespoons & teaspoons

Tablespoons & teaspoons

What should I use??

Scenario 1

• I am using a recipe for snickerdoodle cookies. This recipe makes 24 cookies.

• The recipe calls for 6 teaspoons of cinnamon.

• I only want to make 12 cookies. How many tablespoons should I use?

Scenario 2

• To make slime, I need glue and water.

• The recipe calls for 9 teaspoons of glue but I only have a tablespoon to measure with.

• How many tablespoons will I need?

Scenario 3

• I am making pasta sauce. The recipe calls for 2 teaspoons of salt.

• I only want to make half the amount of sauce. How many teaspoons will I use?

Questions

• What is 1/2 of 2 tablespoons? How about in teaspoons?

• What is 1/4 of 1 teaspoon?

• What is 1/3 of 3 tablespoons?

• What is 1/2 of 1 tablespoon? Approximately how many teaspoons is this?