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How many 1/2-cup scoops?
How many 1/2-cup scoops make 4 cups of flour?
Today you'll discover
- how a measuring story becomes 4 ÷ 1/2
- how to count scoops cup by cup
- why the answer is more than 4
Think first4 cups of flour, one 1/2-cup scoop
A recipe needs 4 cups of flour, and you only have a 1/2-cup scoop. How many scoops?
Decide first, then press Next. Fill one cup first, then all of them.
4 cups of flour, measured with a 1/2-cup scoop: four bars labelled 1 cup and one tinted half-cup piece set apart. Each bar is cut into 2 halves, marked 2 halves, then numbered 1 to 8, with 4 ÷ 1/2 = 8 underneath. The last step shows 2 cups of milk and a 1/3-cup scoop.
See the whole ideathe big idea and the key word, in one place
The big idea
4 cups ÷ 1/2 cup = 8 scoops: each cup takes 2 half-cup scoops.
In the kitchenRecipes use 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4 measuring cups. Dividing by a unit fraction tells you how many scoops make the amount the recipe asks for.
Key word
- measuring cup
- a cup of a set size, like 1 cup, 1/2 cup or 1/3 cup, used in recipes
Ready to use it?
- Solve a measuring story that divides by a unit fraction.