Question

2. Peter has 2 1/3 cups of flour and 2 3/4 cups of sugar. How many more

cups of sugar than flour does he have?

Answer 1

Peter has 5/12 more cups of sugar than flour. If you want to compare them then you must make the denominators equal. Therefore, 1/3 = 4/12 and 3/4 = 9/12.
9/12 - 4/12 = 5/12