Question

One fruit salad recipe requires half cup of sugar, another recipe for same fruit salad requires two table spoons of sugar. If one table spoon is equivalent to 1/16th cup, how much more sugar does first recipe require?

Answer 1

Answer:

first recipe requires 4 times more sugar than that of second recipe

Step-by-step explanation:

1 tablespoon=1/16 of cup

1 cup=16 tablespoon

1/2 cup=16/2=8 tablespoon

Answer 2

Answer:

⅜ cup

Step-by-step explanation:

1 tablespoon = 1/16 tablespoon

2 tablespoon = 2 × 1/16 = 2/16 = 1/8 cup

So,

first recipe requires 1/2 cup

second recipe requires 1/8 cup

To find out how much more sugar the first recipe needs, we subtract.

1/2-1/8

LCM of 2 and 8 is 4

4/8 - 1/8 = 3/8 cups