Question

NeNe tripled a cookie recipe for a party. The original recipe called for 3.25 cups of sugar. NeNe tripled the sugar amount and poured it into a mixing bowl. The mixing bowl got knocked over and 2.46 cups of sugar spilled. How many cups of sugar were left in the mixing bowl? 0.79
9.75
7.38
7.29

Answer 1

There are 7.29 cups of sugar left because:
When we triple 3.25 we have 9.75.
Since 2.46 cups spilled, we subtract this from 9.75 to get 7.29

Answer 2

First, you need to know what 3X the amount of 3.25 is... It's 9.75
Then you just subtract what spilled out 9.75-2.46=7.29
So 7.29cups would be your answer 

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