Question

Ricky needs 3 1/4 cups of sugar to make candy. He already has 2 1/2 cups. How many more cups of sugar does he need?

Do you add for this question or subtract? That's all that I need to know.

Answer 1

subtract what he has from the total.

Answer 2

Try both adding and subtracting. Which gives a reasonable answer for that question.

Answer 3

From the total of what, Steve? Do you mean to add first and then subtract?

Answer 4

I need to solve it, but all I need to personally need to know is if you add or subtract. If you tell me to example add, that won't be giving me the answer.

Answer 5

What part of Steve's answer don't you understand?

The total is the amount of sugar he needs.

Answer 6

Look.

If I said I had to pick 10 apples, but I only had 7 so far, how would you decide the number I still needed?

Don't let the fractions scare you. They're just numbers.

Answer 7

you subtract

Answer 8

Right