mary ate 4 1/2 pears and carmie ate 7 2/4 pears . if they finshed all the pears in a box, how many pears were in the box.

Question

Create a detailed and appealing illustration of a scenario in which two girls, one of Caucasian descent with braided blonde hair and the other of Hispanic descent with a ponytail brown hair, have just eaten pears from a now empty wooden box. Mary, the blonde girl, happily holds up four-and-a-half, while Carmie, the brunette girl, shows her satisfied face after eating seven-and-a-half. There are no pears left in the box. The scene takes place in a sunny kitchen, the light filtering through a nearby window, casting a warm glow on the girls and the box. All elements should be represented without any text.

mary ate 4 1/2 pears and carmie ate 7 2/4 pears . if they finshed all the pears in a box, how many pears were in the box.

11 pears
11 1/2 pears
11 1/4 pears
12 pears

Answer 1

To find the total number of pears, we need to add the number of pears Mary ate and the number of pears Carmie ate.

Mary ate 4 1/2 pears, which is equivalent to 4 + 1/2 = 4.5 pears.

Carmie ate 7 2/4 pears, which is equivalent to 7 + 2/4 = 7.5 pears.

Therefore, the total number of pears in the box is 4.5 + 7.5 = 12 pears.

So, the correct answer is 12 pears.

Answer 2

To find the total number of pears in the box, we need to add the number of pears Mary ate and the number of pears Carmie ate.

Mary ate 4 1/2 pears, which is equivalent to 4 + 1/2 = 4.5 pears.
Carmie ate 7 2/4 pears, which is equivalent to 7 + 2/4 = 7.5 pears.

Now, we add the number of pears Mary and Carmie ate:
4.5 pears + 7.5 pears = 12 pears.

Therefore, there were 12 pears in the box.

Answer 3

To find the total number of pears in the box, we need to add together the number of pears Mary ate (4 1/2) and the number of pears Carmie ate (7 2/4).

First, we need to convert the mixed numbers to improper fractions:
Mary ate 4 1/2 pears, which is equal to (4 * 2 + 1)/2 = 9/2 pears.
Carmie ate 7 2/4 pears, which is equal to (7 * 4 + 2)/4 = 30/4 pears.

Now, we can add the fractions together:
9/2 + 30/4 = (9 * 4 + 30 * 2)/(2 * 4) = 66/8 pears.

To simplify the fraction, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2:
66/8 = (66/2) / (8/2) = 33/4 pears.

Therefore, the total number of pears in the box is 33/4 pears, which is equal to 8 1/4 pears. Since the options provided are in whole numbers, we can round up the fraction to the nearest whole number. So, there were approximately 9 pears in the box. None of the provided options match exactly, but the closest option would be "11 pears".