Colby adds 1 2/3 cups of flour to his mixing bowl and then realizes he put in too much. He takes1/4 cup of flour back out of the bowl. How much flour did Colby's recipe call for?

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1  2/3 - 1/4
you need to change the denominator for both
2/3 into 8/12 and 1/4 into 3/12
1  8/12 - 3/12
1  5/12
By subtracting 1/4 from 1 2/3 cups of flour, it's 1 and 5/12 cups. 
Is this what the recipe calls for?
Your answer is
[tex] \frac{17}{12} = 1 \frac{5}{12} [/tex]