IXL | Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers in recipes

If you mix the flour and butter together, how many cups will there be in all?

Orange-ginger cookies

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup sugar

cup flour

cup butter

3 teaspoons fresh ginger

teaspoons orange peel

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 egg

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

cups

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How many more cups of lemon juice than cherry juice are needed?

Tropical island punch

INGREDIENTS:

7 cups pineapple juice

cups orange juice

cups lemon-lime soda

cup cherry juice

cup lime juice

cup lemon juice

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

cups

solution

The recipe calls for:

1
2
of a cup of lemon juice
1
4
of a cup of cherry juice

Subtract:

–

The recipe calls for

of a cup more lemon juice than cherry juice.

Looking for more? Try these:

Lesson: Adding mixed numbers

Lesson: Subtracting mixed numbers

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M.3Add mixed numbers with unlike denominators

M.4Subtract mixed numbers with unlike denominators

T.5Add and subtract fractions with like denominators in recipes

Lesson: Adding mixed numbers

Lesson: Subtracting mixed numbers

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