There are about 1.5 grams of fat in 1 tablespoon of hummus. How many grams of fat are in 2.5 cups of hummus?
1 Answer
Sep 30, 2017
See a solution process below:
Explanation:
The conversion factor for tablespoons to cups is:
To find the number of tablespoons in 2.5 cups, multiply each side of the equation by
In the problem we are told 1 tablespoon contains about 1.5 grams of fat, which we can write as:
To find how much fat is in 40 tablespoons (which is the same as 2.5 cups) we multiply each side of the equation by
Therefore, 2.5 cups of hummus contains 60 grams of fat.