Once when I believed in approximation while cooking, I often had my dishes cooked with loopholes. The result wasn’t the same and up to the mark most of the time. This is when I started becoming more conscious about measurements and step wise procedure.
There are many things regarding measurements like 1/2 , 1/4 or 2/3 cup of flour, butter, milk etc. One of the difficult tasks is to know measurements like what is 2 3 cup doubled?
Two times the 2/3 cup is 2/3 cup doubled. It is equal to 1 cup and 1/3 cup more. You use the cup normally for liquids but it is the same for dry ingredients. Remember 2/3 is more than half of the cup.
To know more about the exact cup measurements, to use them in different recipes and to find better ways to measure through the cup, stay tuned.
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What is 2 3 cup doubled in a recipe?
2/3 cup doubled in a recipe means you multiply the ingredients and the procedure by 2 and work in all aspects to get the best outcome.
It is not only that you double the ingredients in a recipe, and all goes well. To encompass everything, you need to keep the time, cookware, product’s volume, temperature and cooking appliance in mind.
You take the original amount, which is 2/3 cup, make its fractions, add them up together and take out the result.
Note: A rough estimation can do the work but to understand it well , if you do some math over it, your calculations would justify the steps of cooking you take further.
Measurements of 2/3 cup doubled:
Here is the link to the double cups calculator to help you calculate the doubling of your ingredients.
Doubling 2/3 cup water or milk:
Straightforwardly, it is the same 1 and 1/3 cup of water or milk. But this can be tricky. There is a difference in texture and consistency of the ingredients as per their physical state.
When you fill the flour in a measuring cup, it can be stacked in by pressing it in. You can’t do the same with the liquid. Here are some tips to measure milk or water as 2/3 cup doubled:
- You can use a liquid measuring cup for liquid ingredients and dry measures for the dry ingredients.
- To check if you are going right, you can take a step further by weighing on a scale.
Note: Most recipe site do not go for weight of the ingredients so it could create a bit of problem
- Another advice is to go for the recipe writer if you want the exact answer.
What is 2/3 cup tripled?
To add ⅔ cup 3 times is simple mathematics.
The answer you get is 2 cups. Let us see how?
2/3 + 2/3 +2/3 = 6/3 = 2
Hence the answer comes as 2 cups. However, your tripling may differ in baking, frying, roasting and boiling so always go for the suggested measures, time of cooking and measuring tools.
What is 1 2/3 cup doubled?
Meaning of 1 ⅔ cup doubled is to add the same amount or you say do the amount twice. Working in fractions let us see it in numbers:
2( 1 2/3 )
2 (1 + 2/3 )
2(1) + 2(2/3)
2 + 4/3
2 + 1 + 1/3
3 1/3
Let us not forget about the estimations and approximations. If 1 cup of water is 8 ounces then 2/3 cup of water is 16/3 ounces or 5 1/3 ounces.
So it is not possible to measure 1/3 ounces without using spoons. The Measurement conversion chart may not show 1/3 ounces but you need to keep that in mind.
Doubling 2 cups with different fractions:
When you double a single number, the answer is straight and easy. But the fractions always put you in trouble. This trouble can be handled by working in steps.Here are some of the fractions with 2 cups in double:
2 2/3 cup doubled:
To simplify it, here is how you do it.
- 2 2/3 and 2 2/3 have 2 + 2 = 4 cups
- Rest 2/3 + 2/3 cups equal to 4/3 cups.
- This 4/3 is actually in simple form 1 and 1/3 cup.
- So 4 cups + 1 cup = 5 cups
- Remaining is 1/3 cup
- The total we get is 5 and 1/3 cups.
What’s 2 1/3 cups doubled?
This has the same math as the above calculation. You double the first rounded figure to make 4 cups by doubling 2 of 2 1/3 . Now we have 4 cups. Rest 1/3 when doubled becomes 2 third or 2/3 . The outcome will be 4 2/3 cups.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What Is 2 3/4 Cups Tripled?
The basic math goes like this :
2 x 3 = 6
3/4 x 3 = 9 /4 = 2 1/4
6 + 2 1/4 + 1/4 = 8 1/2
What’s 2 3/4 Cups Doubled?
A way to calculate 2 ¾ cup doubled is to divide the amount in 11 ¼ cups. Now multiply it with 2 and you will get 22 ¼ cups. That makes when divided as 5 2 ¼ . (5 2 ¼ = 5 ½ cups)
How Many Cups Is 2/3 Doubled?
⅔ + ⅔ = 4/3
In simple form, 1 ⅓ cups
What Is 2 Cups Doubled?
When you double the 2 cups, your end product is 4 cups.
Conclusion:
Hence, you need to be specific and clear while doing the recipe calculations. It is not alone the math that does matter but the estimation to be kept in mind.
You need to think over the type of ingredients, your pans and measuring tools and also the type of cooking. Wish you good luck for the next dish. I hope you would be more rational rather than being logical only.
