Rico is making 4 batches of Mexican rice. Each batch needs [tex] \frac{2}{3} [/tex] cup of corn. He only has a [tex] \frac{1}{3} [/tex]-cup measure. How many times must Rico measure [tex] \frac{1}{3} [/tex] cup of corn to have enough for all the Mexican rice?

If each batch needs 2/3 cups of corn and he only has only 1/3 cup measure, 1/3 + 1/3 = 2/3. Fraction addition and all that, adding the top numbers but not the bottom.
So you need 2 "1/3" measures to make a 2/3 cup of corn. You need 4 sets of this 2/3 cup measure, so multiply: 2 (the number of measures per batch) and 4 (the number of batches).
That's the long explanation for the short answer: 8.
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Answered by hwangj1999 | 2024-06-10

Rico needs to measure 3 1 ​ cup of corn a total of 8 times to get enough corn for 4 batches of Mexican rice. Each batch requires 3 2 ​ cup, amounting to 3 8 ​ cups total. Dividing this total by the size of his measuring cup shows that he needs 8 measurements in total.
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Answered by hwangj1999 | 2024-09-27