Question

mr lyons used 2 and a half cups of flour for one recipe and 4 and two thirds cups of flour for another recipie how much flour did he use together

Answer 1

7 cups

Explanation:

convert 2/3 and 1/2 into 4/6 and 3/6 then and 12/6 to 3/6 and 24/6 to 3/6 to get 15/6 and 27/6 add them together to get 42/6 and convert to whole number to get 7 cups

Answer 2

Six and 3 over 5

Explanation:

Add whole number first

2 plus 4 equal to 6

2 plus 1 equal to 3

3 plus 2 equal 5.

Therefore Ans equal six three over five