Understanding Fractions in Recipes

The video tutorial explains how to adjust a bread recipe by calculating one-sixth of three-fifths of a cup of water. It demonstrates the process of multiplying fractions, simplifying them using common factors, and employing prime factorization. The tutorial concludes with the final calculation, showing that one-sixth of the recipe requires one-tenth of a cup of water.

If a recipe requires three-fifths of a cup of water, how much water is needed for one-sixth of the recipe?

• One-fifth of a cup

• One-third of a cup

• One-half of a cup

• One-tenth of a cup

What operation is used to find one-sixth of three-fifths?

• Subtraction

• Division

• Addition

• Multiplication

When multiplying fractions, what do you do with the numerators?

• Divide them

• Add them

• Subtract them

• Multiply them

What is the first step in simplifying the product of two fractions?

• Identify common factors

• Divide the numerators

• Add the numerators

• Multiply the denominators

Which numbers share a common factor in the example given?

• Two and five

• Three and six

• One and six

• Three and five

How can six be expressed to show its factors?

• Two times three

• Five times one

• Three times one

• Three times two

What is the benefit of using prime factorization in simplifying fractions?

• It makes the numbers larger

• It shows the common factors clearly

• It adds more steps

• It changes the fraction

What is the simplified product of one-sixth and three-fifths?

• One-fifth

• One-tenth

• One-third

• One-sixth

What is the final denominator when one-sixth is multiplied by three-fifths?

• Fifteen

• Five

• Six

• Ten

What is the final numerator when one-sixth is multiplied by three-fifths?

• Six

• Three

• Two

• One