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How many times have you tried to prepare a recipe only to realize that it needs to be converted because its in grams, you only know the US system and then some ingredients were listed as a fraction. If you're math-challenged, don't worry, goodcooking.com is here to help with a basic understanding!
Fractions are not used much in cooking but they do appear,
more than likely you will often see decimals. To be a good
consitant cook measuring is important, even if the measurementd
are decimals or fractions.
Fraction | = |
Decimal |
1/16 | 0.0625 | |
1/8 | 0.125 | |
1/6 | 0.1667 | |
3/16 | 0.1875 | |
1/4 | 0.25 | |
5/16 | 0.3125 | |
1/3 | 0.3333 | |
3/8 | 0.375 | |
7/16 | 0.4375 | |
1/2 | 0.5 | |
9/16 | 0.5625 | |
5/8 | 0.625 | |
2/3 | 0.667 | |
11/16 | 0.6875 | |
3/4 | 0.75 | |
13/16 | 0.8125 | |
5/6 | 0.833 | |
7/8 | 0.875 | |
15/16 | 0.9375 |