Question

A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of brown sugar if Nate wants to make one 1/4 of the recipe how many cups of brown sugar should Nate use

Answer 1

To find out how much brown sugar Nate should use for 1/4 of the recipe, we can multiply the amount of brown sugar in the original recipe by 1/4.

The original amount of brown sugar is \( \frac{2}{3} \) cup.

Now, calculate \( \frac{1}{4} \) of \( \frac{2}{3} \):

\[
\frac{1}{4} \times \frac{2}{3} = \frac{1 \times 2}{4 \times 3} = \frac{2}{12}
\]

We can simplify \( \frac{2}{12} \) to \( \frac{1}{6} \).

Thus, Nate should use **\( \frac{1}{6} \) cup** of brown sugar to make 1/4 of the recipe.