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Algebra Difficulty 1.3 Junior Find the answer Canada

Sam has only one measuring container. The volume of this
container is $\frac 12$ cup. A recipe
needs $2\frac 12$ cups of flour. How
many times does Sam fill his $\text{}$
12$ cup container to accurately measure the flour for this
recipe?

Pick one

Solution

Solution 1:

To measure $1$ cup of flour, Sam
fills his $\frac12$ cup container
$2$ times (since $\frac12\times2=1$ ).

To measure $2$ cups of flour, Sam
fills his $\frac12$ cup container
$2\times2=4$ times.

To measure $2\frac12$ cups of flour,
Sam fills his $\frac12$ cup container
$4+1=5$ times.

Solution 2:

Since $2\frac12$ cups is equal to
$\frac52$ cups, and $5\times\frac12=\frac52$ , then Sam fills
his $\frac12$ cup container 5
times.

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