IXL | Divide fractions by whole numbers in recipes

What quantity of blueberries would you need to make a third of the original recipe?

Summertime fruit salad

INGREDIENTS:

3 pounds watermelon

pound strawberries

pound peaches

pound raspberries

pound blueberries

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

pounds

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What quantity of mustard would you need to make a half recipe?

Honey-mustard salad dressing

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup vinegar

cup mayonnaise

cup honey

tablespoon mustard

1 tablespoon sugar

tablespoon chopped onion

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

tablespoons

The recipe calls for

of a tablespoon of mustard. To cut the recipe in half, divide this amount by 2.

Write 2 as an improper fraction.

Turn this from a division problem into a multiplication problem by multiplying by the reciprocal.

Now multiply.

You would need

of a tablespoon of mustard.

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