Frank used 3/2 cups of sugar to make a dozen brownies. How much sugar is in each brownie?
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1.5/12 = ?
To find out how much sugar is in each brownie, you need to divide the total amount of sugar used by the number of brownies made.
In this case, Frank used 3/2 cups of sugar to make a dozen (12) brownies. To divide 3/2 by 12, you can convert 3/2 to a mixed number. A mixed number is a whole number combined with a fraction.
To convert 3/2 to a mixed number, divide the numerator (3) by the denominator (2). The result is 1 with a remainder of 1.
So, 3/2 can be written as the mixed number 1 1/2. This means Frank used 1 1/2 cups of sugar to make a dozen brownies.
To find out how much sugar is in each brownie, divide 1 1/2 cups by 12 brownies.
First, convert 1 1/2 to an improper fraction. To do this, multiply the whole number (1) by the denominator (2) and add the numerator (1) to get the new numerator. The denominator remains the same.
1 * 2 + 1 = 2 + 1 = 3
The new improper fraction is 3/2.
Now, divide 3/2 by 12. To divide a fraction by a whole number, multiply the fraction by the reciprocal of the whole number. The reciprocal of 12 is 1/12.
3/2 * 1/12 = (3 * 1) / (2 * 12) = 3/24
So, each brownie contains 3/24 (or simplified to 1/8) cups of sugar.
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3/2*12
3(1/2)*12
1/2 of 12 is 6
3*6
18