Question

Grandma put 1⁄6 teaspoon of pepper into the soup. After tasting the soup, she added 1⁄8 teaspoon of pepper. How much pepper is in the soup?

Answer 1

To add/subtract fractions you need to have a common denominator...

1/6+1/8  

(1/6)(4/4)+(1/8)(3/3)

4/24+3/24

7/24 teaspoon