Lina is making a trail mix for a hiking trip. She has 2 1/2 cups of peanuts, 3 1/4 cups of raisins, and 2 2/3 cups of banana chips. How many cups of trail mix can she make?
without converting all the fractions to make it so they all have the same denominator it tells you the amount of cups each ingredient has. The biggest number that all three of them have is 2, so the answer is two.