Question

Hanes Counselors Bb Open with I 5 5 3 Nicholas has 2 cups of flour. One recipe for a cake he is making calls for 3 4 cups of flour. He also needs 8 cups of flour for a cookie recipe. How much more flour will Nicholas need to make the cake and cookies?

A. 17 1/4
B. 6 1/4
C. 2 1/2
D. 11 3/4​

Answer 1

B. 6 1/4

Explanation:

The computation of the more flour Nicholas needed for making the cake and cookies is shown below:

`11 (3)/(4) - 5(1)/(2)`

= 11.75 - 5.50

= 6.25 more cups of flour

Therefore to make the cookies and cakes, 6.25 more cups of flour is required or needed and the same is to be considered

hence, the correct option is B. 6 1/4