suze wants to make 5 pies for a party. she needs 1 1/2 cups of confectioners sugar for each pie, she has two bags of confectioners sugar in her pantry; one bag has 3 1/4 cups remaining, the other bag has 6 1/8 cups remaining how many cups of sugar will suze have left?
A. 1 3/8
B. 1 7/8
C. 2 1/8
D. 3 3/4
First, we need to find the total amount of confectioners sugar Suze has in her pantry.
3 1/4 + 6 1/8 = 13/4 + 49/8 = 26/8 + 49/8 = 75/8 = 9 3/8
Suze has a total of 9 3/8 cups of confectioners sugar in her pantry.
For 5 pies, she will need 5 * 1 1/2 = 7 1/2 cups of confectioners sugar.
Now we need to find out how many cups of confectioners sugar she will have left.
9 3/8 - 7 1/2 = 75/8 - 15/2 = 75/8 - 60/8 = 15/8 = 1 7/8
Suze will have 1 7/8 cups of confectioners sugar left.
Therefore, the answer is B. 1 7/8