Transcript: The Right Amount of Cupcake Mix

GIRL: Thanks for coming. The Halloween bake sale at school is tomorrow and mom has to work late.

BIANCA: No problem. Let’s get to work.

BIANCA: Looks simple enough. But it only makes twelve cupcakes. Maybe we should double the recipe to sell more.

GIRL: Good idea. I’ll get another bowl.

BIANCA: Oh we don’t need two bowls. We’ll just put in twice the ingredients. Let’s look at the recipe. If it calls for one egg, we’ll put in two. If it calls for one cup of sugar we’ll put in double that. Simple.

GIRL: But it calls for two-thirds of a bar of semi-sweet chocolate. And if we double two-thirds, we get four-thirds. That’s a wacky fraction.

BIANCA: Let me show you. This is a whole bar of chocolate. If I wanted to share it with you, I would break it in half and that would be half for me and half for you. But what if your sister were here?

GIRL: We should break it in thirds, even shares.

BIANCA: Right. So here, break it in thirds.

GIRL: Okay, it’s in thirds.

BIANCA: The original recipe calls for two-thirds of a bar.

GIRL: But we double that.

GIRL: Oh, four thirds is the same as one and a third.

BIANCA: Bingo.

GIRL: What is semi-sweet chocolate anyway?

BIANCA: It’s half sweet and half something else.

BIANCA AND GIRL: They’re ready!

BIANCA. This one came out a little…little.

GIRL: What about icing?

BIANCA: Okay, what’s your favorite song? GIRL: Not I sing, icing.

BIANCA: Oh, fill it to the top with icing. Great idea.

GIRL: Do you want a cupcake? Ok, twenty-five cents…Lots of frosting.

GIRL: Here comes the principal.

PRINCIPAL: Looks like your cupcakes were a big success. Let me buy the last one. What did the mother ghost say to the baby ghost? Stop goblin your food.