Question

Jenny measured (1)/(3) cup of flour and (1)/(2) cup of flour. How many total cups of flour did Jenny measure?

Answer 1

Jenny measured a total of 5/6 cups of flour by adding 1/2 cup and 1/3 cup together after converting them to a common denominator.

Step-by-step explanation:

Jenny measured ½ cup of flour and ⅓ cup of flour. To find out how many total cups of flour Jenny measured, we add these two amounts together:

• ½ cup + ⅓ cup = ⅖ cups + ⅓ cups
• To add these, we need a common denominator, which is 6 in this case.
• ½ cup is the same as ⅔/⅖ cups, and ⅓ cup is the same as 2/⅖ cups.
• Now we can add them: ⅔/⅖ + 2/⅖ = (⅔ + 2)/⅖ = ⅖/⅖ cups
• ⅖/⅖ cups simplifies to 5/6 cups because 3 and 6 are both divisible by 3.

Hence, Jenny measured a total of 5/6 cups of flour.