Visualize Fractions · Exercise 75

Baking. A recipe for chocolate chip cookies calls for $\frac{3}{4}$ cup brown sugar. Imelda wants to double the recipe. ⓐ How much brown sugar will Imelda need? Show your calculation. ⓑ Measuring cups usually come in sets of $\frac{1}{4},\frac{1}{3},\frac{1}{2},\text{and}1$ cup. Draw a diagram to show two different ways that Imelda could measure the brown sugar needed to double the cookie recipe.

This is an open-ended exercise: its source gives no single answer.

OpenStax, Elementary Algebra 2e · §1.5 Visualize Fractions · Exercise 75