Beatrice makes a jar of dry soup mix. The ingredients are: 1 ¾ cups of uncooked rice ½ cup of dry lentils
1 ⅔ cup of uncooked pasta
⅓ cup beef bouillon
¼ cup of dried onion flakes
½ cup dried peas
How much soup mix does this recipe make?
Answer the questions to find out.
The sum 7/4 + 1/2 + 5/3 + 1/3 + 1/4 + 1/2 gives the amount of mix.

3. Use these properties to rewrite 7/4 + 1/2 + 5/3 + 1/3 + 1/4 + 1/2 in a way that makes the addition easier. Explain how your changes simplify the addition.

4) Simplify your sum to find the total amount of soup mix. Show your work.