Question

A recipe for cake needs 3/4 of a cup of milk. You are making 1/2 of the recipe. How much milk do you need?

Answer 1

`3/8` of a cup.

Explanation:

You want half of the recipe, so you want half of `3/4` of a cup.

Of means multiplication when it comes to fractions, so multiply `3/4` by `1/2` to get

`3/4 * 1/2 = 3/8`