Three teaspoons equals 1 tablespoon. A pumpkin bread recipe calls for 1(1/2) teaspoons of cinnamon, 1 teaspoon of nutmeg, 1 teaspoon of alls

It's only until now that I see the difference between the word tablespoon and teaspoon.

Anyway, I'll help you then.

Let me rephrase the question to;

How many tablespoons do you need to triple each of these recipes.

$$1 \frac{1}{2}$$ teaspoons of cinnamon, 1 teaspoon of nutmeg, 1 teaspoon of allspice and $$\frac{1}{2}$$ teaspoon of cloves.

3 tablespoon of cinnamon, 2 tablespoons of nutmeg, 2 tablespoons of allspice and 1 tablespoon of cloves.

4 tablespoon of cinnamon, 2 tablespoons of nutmeg, 2 tablespoons of allspice and 1 tablespoon of cloves.

1 tablespoon of cinnamon,  tablespoon of nutmeg,  tablespoon of allspice, and  tablespoon of cloves   

1 tablespoons of cinnamon, 1 tablespoon of nutmeg, 1 tablespoon of allspice, and  tablespoon of cloves

All right, so the first one is the easiest. We learned three teaspoons = one tablespoon so the first recipe can be changed from

 $$1 \frac{1}{2}$$ teaspoons of cinnamon, 1 teaspoon of nutmeg, 1 teaspoon of allspice and $$\frac{1}{2}$$ teaspoon of cloves.

to

$$1 \frac{1}{2}$$ tablespoon of cinnamon, 1 tablespoon of nutmeg, 1 tablespoon of allspice and $$\frac{1}{2}$$ tablespoon of cloves.

Now I'll give three examples of multiplying by 3

(* means times)

2*3 = 2+2+2 = 6

3*$$\frac{2}{3}$$ = $$\frac{2}{3}+\frac{2}{3}+\frac{2}{3}$$ = $$\frac{2+2+2}{3}$$ = $$\frac{6}{3}$$ = 2

$$3* 1 \frac{1}{2} = 1 \frac{1}{2}+1 \frac{1}{2}+ 1 \frac{1}{2} = 1 + 1 + 1 + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2} = 4 + \frac{1}{2} = 4\frac{1}{2}$$

So is this the same question?

and what's the problem with the question?

do you have trouble multiplying the numbers by 3?

I mean adding the same value three times cannot be too difficult to understand.

i have a problem with math i have a 5th grade math level

i dont know how to multiply by 3

Well, 3 is the same as 3/1 isn't it? We can use this to multiply 3 by a fraction.

So say we wanted to multiply 3 times 2/3

3/1*2/3    

Now just multiply the tops together, and the bottoms together

6/3

or

2

Does this help out?

Try using this to work out some other fractions times 3. 

If you have any more troubles, let us know!