Jeffrey needs 2.5 cups of oatmeal and 4.5 cups of water for his recipe.

which statement best describes how much of each ingredient jeffrey needs to measure?

a.
jeffrey should measure 2.5 cups of oatmeal and 4.5 cups of water so he has the correct amounts of each ingredient.

b.
jeffrey should measure 5 cups of water and 2 cup of oatmeal since that makes a total of 7 cups of ingredients.

c.
jeffrey should make it easy and just measure a total of 7 cups of water and oatmeal since it all gets mixed up in the recipe anyway.