A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of flour, but Kelli has only 1/3 cup of flour. How much more flour does she need?

Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020

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Given:

Recipe requires ¾ cups of flour

Kelly has only ⅓ cup of flour.

Determine how much cup of flour needed.

Solution:

To easily solve the problem, equate the fractions into decimals then subtract  to determine how much cups are needed.

¾ = 0.75

⅓ = 0.333

= 0.75 - 0.333

= 0.417

Kelly needs 0.417 or 5/12 cups of flour.