Question

A recipe for muffins calls for 1/2 quart of buttermilk,  1/3 quart of skim milk, and  1/16  quart of oil.  How many total quarts of liquid ingredients does the recipe call for?​

Answer 1

43/48
You have to change all of the fractions into fractions with the same denominator. The closest is 48. 1/16 will turn into 3/48, 1/3 will turn into 16/48, and 1/2 will turn into 24/48. When you add it all up, you get 43/48 as your answer