Sarah is following a recipe that calls for 1 1/4 cups of flour. About how many cup of flour would she need to make 4/9 batch of the recipe?

Answer 1

1 1/4 = 5/4
4/9 * 5/4 = 5/9 = .55555
1/2c is just a bit short (.5)
2/3c is just a bit over (.666)

1/2c is a better estimate