IXL | Multiply fractions and mixed numbers in recipes

What quantity of lime juice would you need to make a double recipe?

Tangy key lime pie

INGREDIENTS:

cup sugar

1 cup condensed milk

1 cup butter

cup lime juice

3 teaspoons lime peel

2 egg yolks

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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What quantity of peaches would you need to make a double recipe?

Summertime fruit salad

INGREDIENTS:

pounds watermelon

1 pound strawberries

pound peaches

pound raspberries

1 pound blueberries

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

pounds

The recipe calls for

of a pound of peaches. To double the recipe, multiply this amount by 2.

Write 2 as an improper fraction.

Multiply the numerators, then multiply the denominators. Simplify your answer.

You would need 1 pound of peaches.

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