Question

Nicole is cooking pancakes. The recipe calls for 4 1/3 cups of milk. She accidentally put in 4 3/4 cups . How many extra cups did she put in

Answer 1

1) find an equivalent denominator for both fractions.

4 1/3 = 4 4/12
4 3/4 = 4 9/12

2) then subtract like normal

4 9/12 - 4 4/12 = 5/12

The answer:
Nicole put in 5/12 extra cups of milk.

Answer 2

4 3/4 - 4 1/3

= 4 9/12 - 4 4/12

= 5/12 <==== extra cup put in