Question

Suze wants to make 5 pies for a party. She needs 1 1/2 cup of confectioners sugar for each pie. She has two bags of confectioners sugars in her pantry. One bad has 3 1/4 cups remaining and the other bag has 6 1/8 cups remaining. How many cups of confectioners sugar Suze have left after she prepares her pies?

Answer 1

1 7/8 cups leftover

Explanation:

The total amt. of sugar Suze needs is 5(1 1/2 cups) = 15/2 cups, or 7.5 cups.

Combining the 3 1/4 and 6 1/8 cups of sugar remaining in the bag results in 3 2/8 + 6 1/8 cups, or 9 3/8 cups total. She needs only 7.5 cups of this sugar.

Thus, she has leftover the following amount: 9 3/8 - 7 4/8 cups, which

simplifies to 1 7/8 cups

Answer 2

Total C.Sugar

3 1/4+6 1/8

=13/4 + 49/8

=26/8 + 49/8

=75/8 cups

Used C.Sugar

1 1/2 × 5

= 3/2 × 5

= 15/2 cups

Remaining C.Sugar

75/8 - 15/2

=75/8 - 60/8

=15/8

=1 7/8 cups

Answer

1 7/8 cups remaining