Fractions just is NOT my thing! How do I calculate this?

Belle_Fille
Belle_Fille Posts: 469
edited September 23 in Food and Nutrition
I made oatmeal for my son and I this morning. I used 1-3/4 cups of milk (that made 2 servings). after it was cooked I split it in half. He hate his half, and then half of mine. So I only ate 1/4 of the oatmeal made. So how much is half, of half, of 1-3/4?! lol

Im asking if you have 1-3/4 of somethng and you split it in half, and then split one of those halves, in half again, what is it?

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  • Lisa1971
    Lisa1971 Posts: 3,069 Member
    Not sure what you're asking but half of 1.75 is .875. Does that help? Sorry!
  • natl27
    natl27 Posts: 30 Member
    You ate 7/16 of a cup, which is not a very pretty fraction, haha. The decimal is .4375 so you can probably enter it in like that, or round it off.
    Hope that helps!
  • SMJohnson27
    SMJohnson27 Posts: 146 Member
    I think it is a little less than 1/2 cup. Not by much, would just round up to 1/2 cup. I usually look at the ounces 1 3/4c would be 14 ounces, 1/2 would be 7, and half of that would be 3.5 which is close to 1/2 cup. Hope this is close, I hate fractions too! lol
  • Nicole114
    Nicole114 Posts: 38
    Turn it in to decimals. 1 3/4 is 1.75 / 2= .88 .88 / 2= .44 (rounded up)
  • javamom
    javamom Posts: 309
    1 and 3/4 cups equals 14 ounces. 1/4 of that is 3.5 ounces
  • Belle_Fille
    Belle_Fille Posts: 469
    Thank you!
  • togden
    togden Posts: 324 Member
    .4375 - you ate just under 1/2 cup

    1.75/4 = .4375
  • Tomhusker
    Tomhusker Posts: 346 Member
    I usually ask my wife.......
  • mommyfirst77
    mommyfirst77 Posts: 119
    If you divide 1.75 by 3 it comes to .58
  • hpsnickers1
    hpsnickers1 Posts: 2,783 Member
    When I have trouble I look it up on the internet.
  • TropicalKitty
    TropicalKitty Posts: 2,298 Member
    This is so amusing to see the different ways people try to handle math!

    To make it easy on you take it out of a mixed fraction: 1 cup = 4/4 cup + 3/4cup = 7/4 you then had 1/4 (1/2 x 1/2 = 1/4) of what you made so multiply by 1/4: 7/4 x 1/4 = 7/16. (Remember you multiply across)

    Just under half a cup like others have said. And now you have ways of dealing with fractions!

    Math isn't that bad! :)
  • shelleyfromflorida
    shelleyfromflorida Posts: 1
    Ok, it's not too hard and I am a teacher so I should know this.

    1 3/4 is the same as 7/4. You divide that by 2 so you get 7/4 divided by 2 or 2/1. When you divide a fraction by another fraction you invert the second fraction and multiply. Now you have 7/4 x 1/2 = 7/8. (You just straight multiply across.)
    Now you divided that 7/8 in half again so you you have 7/8 divided by 2/1. Cross multiply and now you have 7/8 x 12 = 7/16.
    Well, 7/16 is not an easy fraction to work with so now you can round up to 8/16 or round down to 7/14. Either way, 8/16 = 1/2 and 7/14 =1/2. Best estimate is 1/2.
    You could have started out by rounding the 1 3/4 up to 2. Then you would have still ended up with a quantity of 1/2, the same rounded up quantity as when you went through all the math above. So, when in doubt, round it up. It will end up saving you time performing math calculations and you'll save a few calories too.
    I hope this helps you
  • 623Hernandez
    623Hernandez Posts: 458
    I would just devide the cals up but by serving.... 1 3/4 = 1.75 so 1.75 devided by 4 (3 for your son and one for you) = .4375 or .44
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    Convert to decimal and work from there I find is easiest. 1-3/4 = 1.75. 1.75 divided by 4 = 0.4375 (just under 1/2)
  • jessieinblue
    jessieinblue Posts: 287 Member
    Sheesh. Just round it up to half a cup, I say.

    (I'm an English teacher . . .)
  • kimiel
    kimiel Posts: 108
    This is cracking me up!!! :laugh:
  • Sonnut
    Sonnut Posts: 57 Member
    I teach math as well. Why don't you just put in that you ate .25 of 1 3/4 cup of oatmeal? The computer does the math for you. You ate 1/4 of the oatmeal, right? Much easier that way.....
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