Question

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A recipe for a soup calls for 2/4 cup of chopped onion and 1/6 cup of chopped
celery. What is the total amount of celery and onion needed for the soup

Answer 1

2/3 cups

Explanation:

Answer 2

2/3 cups

Explanation:

The recipe calls for 2/4 cup of onion and 1/6 cup of celery. To find the total, we need to add the two fractions together; the amount of onions(2/4 cup or 1/2 a cup if simplified), and the amount of celery(1/6). To do this, we need to find a common denominator. We can do this buy finding a common multiple between 2 and 6.

Multiples of 2: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12...

Multiples of 6: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30...

A common multiple is 6. 1/2x3/3=3/6 <--- an equivalent fraction of 1/2

Now both fractions have the same denominator:

Onions: 3/6

Celery: 1/6

3/6+1/6 = 4/6

4/6 simplifies to 2/3.

The total amount of celery and onion need for the soup is 2/3 cup