Okay, so the other day I was trying to make this cake, right? And the recipe, it calls for 2/3 cup of sugar. But here’s the thing – I wanted to double the recipe ’cause, you know, more cake, more happiness. So, I’m standing there, staring at the recipe, and my brain just froze. I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what double of 2/3 cup was.
First, I grabbed my phone, thinking I could just quickly search it up. But then I thought, “Nah, let’s try to figure this out on my own.” I remembered from somewhere that 2/3 cup is the same as 10 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons. Don’t ask me how I knew that, it just popped into my head. So, I thought, “If I double that, I should get the answer, right?”
I started with the tablespoons. If 2/3 cup is 10 tablespoons, then doubling it should be 20 tablespoons. Easy peasy. But then came the teaspoons. 2 teaspoons doubled is 4 teaspoons. So, I had 20 tablespoons and 4 teaspoons. But that didn’t sound right. I mean, who measures like that?
Then it hit me! I could just add 2/3 cup to itself. That’s what doubling is, right? Adding something to itself. So, I imagined two measuring cups, each filled with 2/3 cup of sugar. I pictured pouring one into the other. That would give me 2/3 + 2/3, which equals 4/3 cup. Now we’re getting somewhere!
But what’s a 4/3 cup? I knew it was more than one whole cup because the top number (4) was bigger than the bottom number (3). So, I thought, “How many times does 3 go into 4?” It goes in once, with 1 left over. That means 4/3 cup is the same as 1 and 1/3 cup. And there it was! The answer!
- Double of 2/3 cup is 1 and 1/3 cup.
So how did I finally get there?
I just added 2/3 cup to itself. 2/3 + 2/3 = 4/3. And since 4/3 is an improper fraction, I converted it to a mixed number, which is 1 and 1/3. To double-check, I imagined having one full cup and another cup filled up to the 1/3 mark. That made sense visually too.
It might seem like a simple thing, but it was a fun little challenge for me. And hey, now I know how to double 2/3 cup without even thinking about it. Plus, I got a bigger cake out of it, so it was a win-win situation! I am very happy to record this process, hope you like it!
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