Question

A jar holds 16 ounces of honey. A cook is going to make two recipes. One of the recipes calls for 2.5 ounces of honey, and the other calls for 4.25 ounces of honey. After the cook has made those two recipes, how many ounces of honey will be left in the jar?

Answer 1

Answer:

There is 9.25 ounces of honey left

Step-by-step explanation:

We have an expression:

16-2.5-4.25

This is based on the facts the cook has 16 ounces of honey and uses 2.5 and 4.25 ounces of honey.

16-2.5-4.25

16-6.75

9.25

Answer 2

Answer:

9.25 ounces

Step-by-step explanation:

Both recipes used 6.75 ounces in to so if you subtract 6.25 ounces from 16 ounces you will get your difference which is 9.25 ounces.