Question

Ruth needs 2 1/4cups of flour for one cake recipe and 2 3/4cups of flour for another cake recipe if she makes broths cakes how much flour will ruth use together

Answer 1

The answer is 5

Explanation:

A trick you can use here is by understanding what the fraction is indicating, the number 4 indicates a full cup reached and the first 1/4 is 1 part out of 4 parts to be reached. the second fraction is 3 out of 4 and if you add the one on the other fraction then you get 3+1==4 which majes a full cup

and once you ad the other 4 cups you get 5

Answer 2

5 cups

Explanation:

2 1/4 + 2 3/4= 5 cups of flour