Question

Mary is baking cookies, and the recipe calls for 1 1/2 cups of sugar. If she has 6 1/3 cups of sugar left after she bakes the cookies, how much sugar (s) did she have before she started baking cookies? Which equation would you use to solve for (s)?

Answer 1

7 5/6

Explanation:

1 1/2= 1 3/6

6 1/3= 6 2/6

1 3/6

+6 2/6

————-

7 5/6