Micah is making a cinnamon and sugar mixture to sprinkle on toast. His recipe uses 18

Question

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.

Answer 1

To find the sum of \( \frac{1}{8} + \frac{1}{2} \), we first need to express \(\frac{1}{2}\) with an eighth as the denominator.

We can convert \( \frac{1}{2} \) to eighths:

\[ \frac{1}{2} = \frac{4}{8} \]

Now we can add \( \frac{1}{8} \) to \( \frac{4}{8} \):

\[ \frac{1}{8} + \frac{4}{8} = \frac{5}{8} \]

So, \( \frac{1}{8} + \frac{1}{2} = \frac{5}{8} \).

Interpretation in the context of the problem:

In the context of Micah's cinnamon and sugar mixture, we can interpret this sum by noting that \( \frac{1}{8} \) could represent an additional amount of cinnamon or sugar that Micah might want to sprinkle on top of his original mixture. The sum of \( \frac{5}{8} \) cups indicates the total amount of a specific ingredient after adding a small portion (like an additional cinnamon or sugar) to the original measurement. However, based on the recipe given (\( \frac{1}{2} \) cup of sugar and \( \frac{1}{8} \) cup), we can interpret that the \( \frac{5}{8} \) cups could represent a larger batch or total mixture if you were considering both cinnamon and sugar together in part of a serving, but that's an interpretation that extends beyond the simple additive context of the materials specified.