IXL | Add and subtract mixed numbers: word problems

Rebecca made cookies. She used 3 3/4 cups of flour and 2 1/4 cups of sugar. How much more flour than sugar did Rebecca use?

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

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Ethan's Playground Design purchased 13 5/6 tons of sand. While creating a new elementary school playground, they used 10 1/6 tons of the sand. How much sand does the company have left?

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

tons

solution

Find the amount of sand left by subtracting 10 1/6 from 13 5/6.

Subtract. Remember to subtract whole numbers from whole numbers and fractions from fractions.

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Now simplify.

Write the answer.

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The company has 3 2/3 tons of sand left.

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