Question

Luna is making chocolate chip cookies the recipe calls for 1/8 cup of almonds for every 3/4 cup of chocolate chips if Lewis makes three cups of chocolate chips how many cups for almonds will he need round to the nearest tenth a 0.5 cup b18.0 cups say 0.8 cups D 0.4 cups

Answer 1

To determine how many cups of almonds Lewis needs if he is using 3 cups of chocolate chips, we can set up a proportion based on the original recipe.

The recipe states:
- 1/8 cup of almonds for every 3/4 cup of chocolate chips.

First, we find out how many times 3/4 cups fits into 3 cups:

\[
\text{Number of 3/4 cup servings in 3 cups} = \frac{3 \text{ cups}}{3/4 \text{ cup}} = 3 \times \frac{4}{3} = 4.
\]

Since Lewis is making 4 portions of the original recipe, we need to multiply the amount of almonds by 4:

\[
\text{Total almonds needed} = 4 \times \left(\frac{1}{8} \text{ cup}\right) = \frac{4}{8} \text{ cups} = \frac{1}{2} \text{ cup}.
\]

Now to express that in decimals:

\(\frac{1}{2} = 0.5\) cups.

Rounded to the nearest tenth, 0.5 cups remains 0.5 cups.

Thus, the correct answer is **A**: 0.5 cups.