What is 8 1/8 plus 9 1/8

Arecipe calls for 2 2/4 cups of raisins, but julie only has a 1/4 measuring cup. how many 1/4 cups is needed to measure out 2 2/4 cups of raisins?

How is working backward similar to solving an equation?

David estimated he had about 20 fish in his pond. a year later, there were about 1.5 times as many fish. the year after that, the number of fish increased by a factor of 1.5 again. the number of fish is modeled by f(x)=20(1.5)^x. create a question you could ask that could be answered only by graphing or using a logarithm.