Question

Lila decided to make more baked goods for the bake sale. She used 1/8 lb less flour to make bread than to make cookies. She used 1/4 lb more flour to make cookies than to make brownies. If she used 1/2 lb of flour to make the bread, how much flour did she use to make the brownies? Explain your answer using a diagram, numbers, and words.

Answer 1

Answer:3\8 lbs of flour for brownies

Explanation:

Bread = 1 /2 lbs flour

cookies uses 1/8 more flour ( she used 1/8 less flour for bread than cookies)

So cookies will be 1/2 + 1/8 = 4/8 + 1/8 = 5/8 lbs

Brownies uses less 1/4 less flour than cookies

so 5/8 - 1/4 = 5/8 - 2/8 = 3/8 lbs of flour

Steps 1/2 + 1/8 -1/4 = 3/8