A recipe for a batch of blueberry muffins calls for 3

Question

5
cup of blueberries. If Riley wants to make 1
2
a batch of muffins for herself and her tennis partner, how many cups of blueberries will she need?

Riley will need
cups of blueberries.

Answer 1

To find out how many cups of blueberries Riley needs for half a batch of muffins, you can simply take half of the original amount of blueberries required, which is \( \frac{3}{5} \).

Calculating half of \( \frac{3}{5} \):

\[ \text{Half of } \frac{3}{5} = \frac{1}{2} \times \frac{3}{5} = \frac{3 \times 1}{5 \times 2} = \frac{3}{10} \]

So, Riley will need \( \frac{3}{10} \) cups of blueberries for her half batch of muffins.