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  • 01-12-2017
  • Mathematics
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Karen has 1/2 cup of sugar. She is baking cookies and needs 1 1/3 cups for a recipe. How much more sugar does she need If she wants to triple the recipe?

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  • 01-12-2017
Tripling the recipe would require 3 times 1 1/3 cups of sugar, or 4 cups:

3(4/3) = 4

So if Karen already has 1/2 cup of sugar on hand, she needs (4 - 1/2), or 3 1/2, more cups of sugar to triple the recipe.  (answer)
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