Question

Jack and Helen are making cookies 1/2 cup of butter with 3/4 cup of chocolate chips and three eights chopped nuts when these three ingredients are mixed together how many cups of the mixture show your work

Answer 1

1.

butter:                 1/2

chocolate:          3/4

chopped nuts:   3/8

2.

Make all of them have the same denominator:

1/2 ---> 4/8

3/4---> 6/8

3/8 --->3/8

3.

Add them all up:

4/8 + 6/8 + 3/8 = 13/8 = 1 and 5/8