Middle School

If there are 16 tablespoons in a cup, what fraction of a cup is 2 tablespoons of coffee?

Answer :

Two tablespoons of coffee are equivalent to 1/8 of a cup of coffee, since there are 16 tablespoons in one cup.

Fraction of a cup is represented by 2 tablespoons of coffee when there are 16 tablespoons in a cup, we need to divide the number of tablespoons we have by the total number of tablespoons in a full cup. This is a conversion from a smaller unit of measure (tablespoons) to a larger unit of measure (cups). Thus:

2 tablespoons / 16 tablespoons per cup = 1/8 of a cup.

Therefore, if you need 2 tablespoons of coffee, that is equivalent to 1/8 of a cup of coffee.

2/16

Divide by LCD (2)

1/8 cup = 2 tbsp.