Sarah needs to make a cake and some cookies. The cake requires 3/4 cups of sugar and the cookies require 3/5 cups of sugar. If she has 15/16 cups of sugar does she have enough?

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Amani Mathis

26 August, 18:06

Sarah needs to make a cake and some cookies. The cake requires 3/4 cups of sugar and the cookies require 3/5 cups of sugar. If she has 15/16 cups of sugar does she have enough?

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Amiah Holden · Answer 1

Answer:No, she does not have enough cups of sugar

Step-by-step explanation:

Sarah needs to make a cake and some cookies. The cake requires 3/4 cups of sugar. If she has 15/16 cups of sugar, then the number of cups of sugar that would be left after making the cake would be

15/16 - 3/4 = (15 - 12) / 16 = 1/4

If the cookies require 3/5 cups of sugar, then the cups of sugar that she has won't be enough because

1/4 - 3/5 = (5 - 12) / 5 = - 7/5 cups

It means that she would need more cups of sugar.