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My Favorite Recipe–
Adding Fractions
Name ___________________________
Date
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2. Using the TI
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Amount (in cups)
Ingredient
2
1
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4
C
brown sugar
2
1
/
2
C
white sugar
1
1
/
2
C
butter
3
/
4
C
shortening
5 eggs (Enter your answer from #1)
Salt, Baking powder, baking soda, vanilla
(Enter your answer from #1)
4
1
/
3
C
flour
5
3
/
8
C
oatmeal
Total
3. Using the TI
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, convert the total number of cups into number of quarts.
________________ cups
=
_____________ quarts
4. Would all the ingredients fit in the 5-quart bowl?
5. If the ingredients would fit, would you be able to stir?
Extension
Find other recipes at home and add up the list of ingredients to determine how
large the bowl would need to be.
