Question

Monique wants to bake a cake. She needs 2 1/8 cups of sugar, and 1 5/24 cups of flour. How many cups of ingredients will she use in all? *

Answer 1

3 1/3 cups total

Explanation:

Add together 2 1/8 cups and 1 5/24 cups. The LCD here is 24, and so we rewrite 2 1/8 cups as 2 3/24 cups.

Adding 2 3/24 cups and 1 5/24 cups, we get 3 8/24 cups,

which simplifies to 3 1/3 cups total