Connie is putting the ingredients for her favorite oatmeal into a jar. The jar holds 2 1/2 cups of ingredients. So far she has added 1 2/3 cups of oats to the jar and 1/4 cup of raisins. How much room does Connie have left in the jar? Write in 3 sentences
To find out how much room Connie has left in the jar, we need to add the amount of oats and raisins she has added so far. 1 2/3 cups of oats + 1/4 cup of raisins = 5/3 + 1/4 = 20/12 + 3/12 = 23/12. Subtracting this amount from the total capacity of the jar, 2 1/2 cups, we find that Connie has 2 1/2 - 23/12 = 30/12 - 23/12 = 7/12 cups of room left in the jar.
