Micah is making a cinnamon and sugar mixture to sprinkle on toast. His recipe uses 1/8 cup of cinnamon and 1/2 cup of sugar. Find 1/8+1/2 and interpret this sum in the context of the problem.(1 point)

cup. This is the total amount of cinnamon sugar the recipe makes

1 answer

To find 1/8 + 1/2, we can find a common denominator which is 8. Rewriting the fractions with the common denominator, we get: 1/8 + 4/8 = 5/8.

Interpreting this sum in the context of the problem, 5/8 cup is the total amount of cinnamon sugar the recipe makes.