Question

James used 3 1/4 cups of flour in a cookie recipe and 2 1/2 cups of flour in a bread recipe. How many cups of flour use combined in both recipes

Answer 1

Answer: he used 5 3/4 cups of flour.

Explanation:

1/2 of 4 is 2; thus 2/4 equals 1/2.

Substitute 2 1/2 to 2 2/4 and add.

Answer 2

Answer:
5 3/4

Step by step explanation:
Find a common denominator in this case is 4 so instead of adding 2 1/2 to 3 1/4 it’s going to be 3 1/4 + 2 2/4 which gets you 5 3/4