Question

Lila decided to make more baked goods for the bake sale. She used 1/8 IB less flour to make bread than to make cookies. She used 1/4 IB more flour to make cookies than to make brownies. If she used 1/2 IB of flour to make the bread, how much flour did she use to make the brownies? Explain your answer using a diagram,numbers and words

Answer 1

`(3)/(8)` lb.

Explanation:

`(1)/(2)` lb of flour is used by Lila to make the bread.

Now, she used
`(1)/(8)` lb less flour to make bread than to make cookies.

Then, she used
`((1)/(2) + (1)/(8)) = (5)/(8)` lb flour to make cookies.

Again, she used
`(1)/(4)` lb more flour to make cookies than to make brownies.

Therefore, she used
`((5)/(8) - (1)/(4) ) = (3)/(8)` lb flour to make brownies. (Answer)