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Just get a few measuring cups and some water. Half a cup and a quarter cup makes three quarter cups, because really, half a cup is two quarters of a cup.

• Broken_Hippo 7y ago
  Which is all well and good... Until you need a half of a quarter (which I'd use tablespoons for as there are 16 tablespoons in a cup), a half of a third of a cup, or need to add 1/3 and 3/4 together. Which isn't so bad for a recipe because most things aren't that precise in cooking - but not so easy for all students to work out, especially without having a tablespoon to use. This is even so when you have tablespoons: Those 1/3 cups don't divide neatly into tablespoons. That said, it isn't like you cannot illustrate it, of course, but just that this method isn't the best. I've just memorised the cooking stuff since I only have a 2-person household.
  • dragonwriter 7y ago
    > Those 1/3 cups don't divide neatly into tablespoons. But they do into teaspoons.
    • Broken_Hippo 7y ago
      Sure, but if you actually count out 16 teaspoons, you are likely to lose count :)