Given the facts that:
4 ounces of cheese = 1 cup
We can easily calculate 2 cups of shredded cheese in ounces by doubling each side (or multiplying each side by 2). This means we do:
ヽ 4 ounces x 2 = 8 ounces
ヽ 1 cup x 2 = 2 cups
Now we can say that 8 ounces of shredded cheese is equal to 2 cups.
We're nearly there! All we need to do now is add the first equation we started off with to the one we just solved for.
ヽ 4 ounces = 1 cup
ヽ 8 ounces = 2 cups
～ 4 + 8 = 12 ounces
～ 1 + 2 = 3 cups
Our final answer is that 12 ounces of shredded cheese is equivalent to 3 cups.
Hope this helped! ッ
