Question

Dee used 2 1/3 cups of sugar for a cake recipe. If the amount of sugar the container holds is 3 times the amount she used, does the container hold more than, less than, or equal to 3 cups of sugar? Explain.

Answer 1

Container holds more than 3 cups of sugar.

Explanation:

We are given that,

Amount of sugar used by Dee =
`2(1)/(3)` cups.

Now, as the container holds 3 times the amount of sugar used by Dee.

So, the amount of sugar container holds =
`2(1)/(3)* 3` =
`(7)/(3)* 3` = 7 cups.

Thus, the container can hold 7 cups of sugar, which are greater than 3 cups of sugar.

Hence, the container holds more than 3 cups of sugar.