Question

Jeanine was making a baking. She used 1/2 cup of flour to make cookies and 2/3 cup of flour to make brownies. How much flour did she use in her baking?

Answer 1

1 and 1/6 cups of flour

Explanation:

We need the fractions to have common denominators so multiply 1/2 by 3 and 2/3 by 2 to get the common denominator of 6.

1/2 x 3/3 = 3/6

2/3 x 2/2 = 4/6

Add the two fractions

3/6 + 4/6 = 7/6 or 1 & 1/6