Writing — Feast problem. A bannock recipe uses 3/4 cup of milk for one pan. The cooks are making 5 pans. How much milk do they need? Write the answer as an improper fraction and as a mixed number, and explain your steps so another cook could follow them.
Your answer should
- Show a picture (measuring cups, a strip model, or a number line)
- Count the quarter cups and write an improper fraction
- Change it to a mixed number and explain how
- Answer the question in a full sentence
Sentence starters
- Each pan needs…
- Five pans need ___ quarter cups, which is…
- As a mixed number, that is ___ because…