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1.5 Exercise 114

Avg difficulty 2.5

Baking. A recipe for chocolate chip cookies calls for 34\frac{3}{4} cup brown sugar. Imelda wants to double the recipe. ⓐ How much brown sugar will Imelda need? Show your calculation. ⓑ Measuring cups usually come in sets of 14,13,12,and1\frac{1}{4} , \frac{1}{3} , \frac{1}{2} , \text{and} 1 cup. Draw a diagram to show two different ways that Imelda could measure the brown sugar needed to double the cookie recipe.

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