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.
1/8 + 1/2 = (1/8) + (4/8) = 5/8
In the context of the problem, the sum 5/8 represents the total amount of cinnamon sugar that the recipe makes, which is 5/8 cup.
To find the sum of 1/8 and 1/2, we need to have a common denominator. In this case, the least common denominator is 8.
Converting 1/2 to have a denominator of 8, we multiply both the numerator and denominator by 4:
1/2 = 4/8
Now we can add:
1/8 + 4/8 = 5/8
The sum of 1/8 and 1/2 is 5/8.
In the context of the problem, this means that Micah's recipe yields 5/8 cup of the cinnamon and sugar mixture.