Question

Jill has a bag containing 3 1/2 cup of flour. She will use 1 1/4 cups of flour to make cookies and 1/3 Cup of flour to make candy. How many cups of flour will Jill have left after she has made the cookies and candy?

Answer 1

She will have 41/12 cups left

Explanation:

have to make denominator 12 so the 3 1/2 will be 60/12 and the 1 1/4 will be 15/12 and 1/3 turns into 4/12

60/12-15/12=45/12 45/12-4/12= 41/12

Answer 2

the answer is 2 1\12