Which of the following is the best estimate for the total weight of these cold meats: 1 and seven eights pounds of Bologna, one and a half pounds of ham, and seven eights pound of roast beef?
How would I add these fractions?
Please help
You're asked to estimate.
You have almost 2 pounds of bologna, almost 1 pound of roast beef and 1 1/2 pounds of ham.
I'd estimate that they weigh a little over 4 pounds.
That makes sense. I was thinking of adding them
I appreciate all of your help Ms. Sue
You're welcome, Patrick.
I'll estimate is 4 pounds or a little over 4 pounds.
Agreed upon.The answer must be 4.(also exactly four if you add them all up!)
It is over 4 so it will be 4 and 4/8 or 4 and 1/2
To add fractions, you need to make sure they have a common denominator. In this case, the denominator of all the fractions is 8.
1 and seven eighths can be written as 15/8 (since 1 times 8 is 8, plus 7 is 15).
One and a half can be written as 12/8 (since 1 times 8 is 8, plus 4 is 12).
Seven eighths remains as 7/8.
Now that we have the fractions with a common denominator, we can add them together:
15/8 + 12/8 + 7/8 = 34/8
To simplify this fraction, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor (which is 2 in this case):
34/8 ÷ 2/2 = 17/4
So, the total weight of the cold meats is 17/4 pounds.