Question

Ruth needs 2 1/4 cups of flour for one cake recipe and 2 3/4 cups of flour for another cake recipe if she makes both cakes how much flour will ruth need altogether

Answer 1

To find the total floor needed, we add them up:

$2 \dfrac{1}{4} + 2 \dfrac{3}{4} = 4 \dfrac{4}{4} = 5 \text { cups of floor}$

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Answer: She will need 5 cups of flour to make both the cake.
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Answer 2

She will need 5 cups of flour

So first I add 2-1/4 and 2-3/4 so I do this 2-1/4+2-3/4= 4-4/4 -And then I divided the stuff and I got 5 so 5 cups of flour