Question

Jessica is baking a cake. The recipe says that she has to mix 96 grams of sugar to the flour. Jessica knows that 1 cup of this particular sugar has a mass of 128 grams. She added one over two of a cup of sugar to the flour. Should Jessica add more sugar to make the exact recipe, or did she go over and by what amount? (1 point)

Answer 1

She need to add 1/4 of a cup

Answer 2

we are given the recipe of the cake made by Jessica. In this recipe, a cup weighs 128 grams in which the cake needs 96 grams. she uses half a cup which is equal to 64 grams. This means she needs to add 32 grams more which is 1/4 of a cup. In all, she needs 3/4 of a cup