Bill was baking two different kinds of bread. One recipe called for 3 1/2 cups of flour. The other called for 2 1/3 cups of flour. How much flour did Bill need in all? Can anyone help? That's the full question. Also can you show how? Thanks!
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You need to find the common denominator or he two fractions, which is 6. (3 Times 2 is 6) To make 1/3 have the denominator of 6, You multiply both the numerator and denominator by the same number. ( What you do to the top you must do to the bottom) So 1/3 would equal to 2/6 and 1/2 would equal to 3/6. So you add. 3 3/6 + 2 2/6 = 5 5/6 cups of flour. Hope this helped! :)
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3½ + 2⅓ = 3+2+½+⅓ = 5+⅚ = 5⅚.