Question

You have 8 cups of flour. A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of flour. Another recipe calls for 1/4 cup of flour. How much flour do you have left after making the recipes?

Answer 1

you will have 7 1/12 cups left

Answer 2

`\texttt{Flour left after making recipes = }(85)/(12)cups`

Explanation:

You have 8 cups of flour.

Total flour you have = 8 cups

A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of flour. Another recipe calls for 1/4 cup of flour.

`\texttt{Flour need for recipe 1 = }(2)/(3)cups`

`\texttt{Flour need for recipe 2 = }(1)/(4)cups`

Total flour needed = Flour need for recipe 1 + Flour need for recipe 2

`\texttt{Total flour needed = }(2)/(3)+(1)/(4)=(8+3)/(12)=(11)/(12)cups`

Flour left after making recipes = Total flour you have - Total flour needed

`\texttt{Flour left after making recipes = }8-(11)/(12)=(96-11)/(12)=(85)/(12)cups\\\\\texttt{Flour left after making recipes = }(85)/(12)cups`