Answer :
1 cup is equivalent to 16 tablespoons.
Taking the ratio, 40 cups will be equivalent to,
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{1}{16}=\frac{40}{x} \\ x=16\times40=640\text{ tablespoons} \end{gathered}[/tex]Final answer:
To convert 40 tablespoons to cups, divide 40 by 16 to get 2 cups with 8 tablespoons remaining, which is 1/2 cup. Therefore, 40 tablespoons is equivalent to 2 1/2 cups.
Explanation:
To convert tablespoons to cups, we need to divide the number of tablespoons by the number of tablespoons in one cup. Since one cup is equivalent to 16 tablespoons, we can set up the conversion like this:
40 tablespoons
÷
16 tablespoons/cup
=
2 cups with 8 tablespoons remaining
To express the remaining tablespoons as part of a cup, we divide the remaining tablespoons by the number per cup:
8 tablespoons
÷
16 tablespoons/cup
=
1/2 cup
Adding this to the 2 cups we already have:
2 cups + 1/2 cup = 2 1/2 cups
This means 40 tablespoons is equivalent to 2 1/2 cups.
