IXL | Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers in recipes

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

Tangy key lime pie

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup sugar

3 cups condensed milk

cup butter

cup lime juice

teaspoons lime peel

2 egg yolks

Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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How many more cups of milk than vegetable oil are needed?

Chocolatey chocolate cake

INGREDIENTS:

cups sugar

cups flour

1 cup cocoa

cup milk

cup vegetable oil

1 teaspoon vanilla

teaspoon salt

teaspoon baking powder

2 eggs

Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

cups

solution

The recipe calls for:

7
8
of a cup of milk
1
2
of a cup of vegetable oil

Subtract:

–

The recipe calls for

of a cup more milk than vegetable oil.

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