Question

You have 8 cups of flour. A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of flour. Another recipe calls for 1/4 cup of flour. How much flour do you have left after making the recipes?

Answer 1

you will have 7 1/12 cups left

Answer 2

Answer:

$\texttt{Flour left after making recipes = }\frac{85}{12}cups$

Step-by-step explanation:

You have 8 cups of flour.

Total flour you have = 8 cups

A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of flour. Another recipe calls for 1/4 cup of flour.

$\texttt{Flour need for recipe 1 = }\frac{2}{3}cups$

$\texttt{Flour need for recipe 2 = }\frac{1}{4}cups$

Total flour needed = Flour need for recipe 1 + Flour need for recipe 2

$\texttt{Total flour needed = }\frac{2}{3}+\frac{1}{4}=\frac{8+3}{12}=\frac{11}{12}cups$

Flour left after making recipes = Total flour you have - Total flour needed

$\texttt{Flour left after making recipes = }8-\frac{11}{12}=\frac{96-11}{12}=\frac{85}{12}cups\\\\\texttt{Flour left after making recipes = }\frac{85}{12}cups$