Question

Trevor is making pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting for a bake sale. He uses 1.5 cups of butter for the pumpkin bars. He only uses 0.25 times that amount for the frosting. How many cups of butter does Trevor use for the frosting

Answer 1

Answer:

$Frosting = 0.375\ cups$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

$Pumpkin\ Bars = 1.5\ cups$

$Frosting = 0.25\ times\ pumpkin\ bars$

Required

Determine the amount used for frosting

To calculate this, we simply multiply 0.25 by the amount used for pumpkin bars

This gives:

$Frosting = 0.25 * 1.5\ cups$

$Frosting = 0.375\ cups$

Hence, 0.375 cups of butter was used for frosting

Answer 2

Answer:0.385

Step-by-step explanation:

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Required

Determine the amount used for frosting

To calculate this, we simply multiply 0.25 by the amount used for pumpkin bars

This gives:

Hence, 0.375 cups of butter was used for frosting