Reading a recipe

Which is bigger?

• Tablespoon

• Teaspoon

About how many teaspoons are in a tablespoon?

• 1

• 2

• 3

About how many tablespoons are in a 1/4 cup?

• 2

• 4

• 5

How many 1/4 cups are in a 1/2 cup? (Hint: 1/4 x ? = 1/2)

• 1

• 2

• 3

How many 1/3 cups are in 1 cup? (Hint: 1/3 x ? = 1)

• 1

• 2

• 3

How many 1/4 cups are in 1 cup? (Hint: 1/4 x ? = 1)

• 2

• 3

• 4

A recipe for sweet potato casserole serves 12 and calls for 1/3 cup of chopped pecans. How much pecans would be needed to make it serve 24? (Hint: 24/12 = 2 ; 1/3 x 2 = ?)

• 1 cup

• 2/3 cup

• 1/4 cup

A sweet potato casserole recipe calls for 1/4 cup of flour for 4 servings. To serve 16 people, how much flour is needed? (Hint: 16/4 = 4 ; 1/4 x 4 = ?)

• 1/4 cup

• 1/2 cup

• 1 cup

Sarah's mother wants to bake a cake. Her recipe calls for 1 2/4 cups of brown sugar and 3/4 cup white sugar.

What is the total amount of sugar required for the cake recipe?

• 1 2/4 + 3/4 = 2 1/4 cups

• 1 2/4 + 3/4 = 1 cup

• 1 2/4 + 3/4 = 3/4 cups

Destiny and Trina purchased a small cheesecake from McGraw's Bakery. Destiny ate 3/6 of the cheesecake and Trina ate 1/6. Which shows the fraction of the cheesecake Destiny and Trina had left? (Hint: 1 - (3/6 + 1/6) = ? )

• 4/6

• 2/3

• 2/6