Question

One recipe of tangy tomato soup calls for 1/2 tsp of pepper. How could you measure the pepper if you had 1/4 tsp measuring spoon? What if you had only a 1/8 tsp measuring spoon

Answer 1

Answer:

use two 1/2 tsp. and four 1/8 tsp.

Step-by-step explanation:

if it calls for 1/2 tsp. of pepper, obviously its bigger spoon than the 1/4 and the 1/8. the math to this is you add: 1/4+1/4= 2/4 , you can simplify that fraction and divide the numerator and denominator by 2 and you get 1/2.

for the 1/8 you add: 1/8+1/8+1/8+1/8=4/8 , you simplify that and divide by 2 and you get 2/4 , and simplify again by dividng by 2 again and get 1/2 or a faster way to simplify 4/8 is dividing by 4 and you get 1/2.