What does this mean because I don’t know it’s to hard for me

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?

If f(x)=-x^2+6x-1 and g(x)=3x^2-4x-1,find(f+g)(x)

Val and tony get paid per project. val is paid a project fee of $44 plus $12 per hour. tony is paid a project fee of $35 plus $15 per hour. write an expression to represent how much a company will pay to hire both to work the same number of hours on a project.