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A recipes calls for 1/4 cups of flour. Carter only has a measuring cup that holds 1/8 cup. how can carter measure the flour he needs for his recipe?

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You would use the 1/8 cup twice to complete the recipe

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Convert to like denominators. 1/4 is equal to 2/8, so he can take two cups of the measuring cup he’s using to get the amount of flour needed.
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