Mrs. palesch has a 17 3/4 ounce bag of chocolate chips. she will use one 1/4 oz of chocolate chips for baking the cake, and then she will use 1/4 of the remaining bag for decorating a cake. how many ounces will she use for decorating?

Mrs Palesch will use 4   ounces  for decorating

Step-by-step explanation:

Mrs. Palesch has a 17 3/4 ounce bag of chocolate chips. She will use one 1/4 oz of chocolate chips for baking the cake, and then she will use 1/4 of the remaining bag for decorating a cake.

To solve this, all we simply need to do is to find 1/4 of 17

First we will convert 17 into mixed improper fraction

That is; 17 =

Then next is to find  of

=    ×  = = 4   ounces

Therefore Mrs Palesch will use 4   ounces  for decorating.