Steve mixes together 1 6/8 gallons of apple juice, 1 3/8 gallons of orange juice, and 1 1/8 gallons of cranberry juice. How much fruit punch does he make?
14/8 apple
11/8 orange
9/8 cranberry
= 34/8 = 4 1/4
Well, Steve sure knows how to mix things up! To find the total amount of fruit punch, we'll need to add up all the gallons of different juices.
So, Steve has 1 6/8 gallons of apple juice, which simplifies to 1 3/4 gallons. Then, he has 1 3/8 gallons of orange juice, which is 1 1/2 gallons. Lastly, he has 1 1/8 gallons of cranberry juice.
Adding them all together, Steve makes a grand total of 4 5/8 gallons of fruit punch. That's a whole lot of punch for a party!
To find out how much fruit punch Steve makes, we need to add together the amounts of apple, orange, and cranberry juice.
First, let's convert all the fractions to a common denominator of 8.
1 6/8 gallons is equivalent to 1 + 6/8 = 8/8 + 6/8 = 14/8 gallons
1 3/8 gallons is equivalent to 1 + 3/8 = 8/8 + 3/8 = 11/8 gallons
1 1/8 gallons is equivalent to 1 + 1/8 = 8/8 + 1/8 = 9/8 gallons
Now, add the three amounts together:
14/8 gallons + 11/8 gallons + 9/8 gallons = (14 + 11 + 9)/8 gallons = 34/8 gallons
Therefore, Steve makes 34/8 gallons of fruit punch.
To find the total amount of fruit punch Steve makes, we need to add together the amounts of apple juice, orange juice, and cranberry juice.
First, let's convert the mixed numbers to improper fractions:
1 6/8 gallons of apple juice = (8*1 + 6)/8 = 14/8
1 3/8 gallons of orange juice = (8*1 + 3)/8 = 11/8
1 1/8 gallons of cranberry juice = (8*1 + 1)/8 = 9/8
Now, we can add the fractions together:
14/8 + 11/8 + 9/8 = (14 + 11 + 9)/8 = 34/8
To simplify the fraction, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2:
34/8 = (17*2)/(4*2) = 17/4
Therefore, Steve makes 17/4 gallons of fruit punch.