Carlos had 7 cups of chocolate chips. He used 1 2/3 cups to make a chocolate sauce and 3 1/3 cups to make cookies. How many cups of chocolate chips does Carlos have now?
1 2/3 + 3 1/3 = ?
Subtract that sum from 7.
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2 1/3
To find out how many cups of chocolate chips Carlos has now, we need to subtract the amount he used from the amount he originally had.
Carlos had 7 cups of chocolate chips.
He used 1 2/3 cups for chocolate sauce and 3 1/3 cups for cookies.
First, let's add the two amounts Carlos used: 1 2/3 cups + 3 1/3 cups.
To add mixed numbers, we need to convert them to improper fractions.
1 2/3 = (3*1 + 2)/3 = 5/3
3 1/3 = (3*3 + 1)/3 = 10/3
Now we can add the two fractions: 5/3 + 10/3 = (5 + 10)/3 = 15/3 = 5
So, Carlos used a total of 5 cups of chocolate chips.
To find out how many cups Carlos has now, we subtract 5 cups from the 7 cups he originally had: 7 - 5 = 2.
Therefore, Carlos has 2 cups of chocolate chips remaining.