Question

a cook needs 1 1/2 cups of sugar. the cook has 3/8 cup. how many more cups of sugar does the cook need

Answer 1

When adding or subtracting fractions, we must have equivalent fractions with the same denominator.

1 1/2 = 1 4/8

(1 4/8) - (3/8) = 1 1/8 cups