Question

A recipe calls for 1 1/2 cups of flour, 3/4 cup of white sugar, and 1/8 cup of brown sugar.

(a) How many total cups of ingredients are there? Show your work using a number line.
(b) Which of the following mixing bowls can you use to make the recipe: 2-cup, 3-cup, or 4-cup? Justify your answers.


Answer: ????

Answer 1

okay this isn't the answer but it is how u can get your answer and explain  how to justify it. which math will be how u justify it.... So basically your answer is A.... and you will add 1 1/2 + 3/4 + 1/8 =.25 which is your work they want you to show them and that is what I just showed you in a number line. I hope that's correct, but i'm pretty sure it is. Sorry that took so long i am working still on my own work and still stuck on  my own lol. I am not the best with math and this kind of stuff though, but again i am almost sure this is correct

Answer 2

Explanation:

A recipe calls for

Flour =
`1(1)/(2)` cups

White sugar =
`(3)/(4)` cups

Brown sugar =
`(1)/(8)` cups

Total cups of ingredients =
`1(1)/(2)` +
`(3)/(4)` +
`(1)/(8)`

=
`(3)/(2)` +
`(3)/(4)` +
`(1)/(8)`

=
`(12+6+1)/(8)`

=
`(19)/(8)`

=
`2(3)/(8)` = 2.375 cups

(a) There are 2.375 cups of ingredients

(b) For the recipe mixing bowl of 3 cup can be used because it is just slightly larger than the amount of ingredients in your recipe.