Question

a recipe calls for 5/8cup butter . angie wants to triple the recipie but she has only 1 5/8 cups of butter . how much butter does she need to borrow

Answer 1

5/8 times 3 = ???

Answer 2

what do you get?

Answer 3

15/8

Answer 4

?

Answer 5

so she needs 15/8 cups

15/8 = (8+7)/8

15/8 = 8/8+7/8

15/8 = 1+7/8

15/8 = 1 7/8

So she needs 1 7/8 cups

Answer 6

Now subtract