Jailyn eats oatmeal for breakfast every day. She checked her pantry this morning, and realized that she had only 4 cups of instant oatmeal and 3/4 of a cup of old-fashioned oatmeal. How much oatmeal did Brandy have in her pantry?
honestly I feel like this is a made-up question because first of all, The name changed from Jailyn to Brandy, and second you would have no idea how to answer this question because it doesn't say "after so many days she has... left in her pantry".
total oatmeal = instant + old-fashioned = 4 + 3/4 = ___ cups
Jim eats oatmeal for breakfast every day. He checked his pantry this morning, and realized that he had only
3
4
of a cup of instant oatmeal and
3
4
of a cup of old-fashioned oatmeal. How much oatmeal did Jim have in his pantry?
Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number
To find out how much oatmeal Jailyn had in her pantry, you need to add the amount of instant oatmeal and old-fashioned oatmeal.
Jailyn had 4 cups of instant oatmeal and 3/4 cup of old-fashioned oatmeal. To add these two quantities together, you can convert the mixed number 3/4 into a fraction with a common denominator. Since the denominator of 4 is already common, it remains unchanged. Therefore, 3/4 + 4 is equal to 4 cups + 3/4 cup, which equals 4 3/4 cups.
Therefore, Jailyn had a total of 4 3/4 cups of oatmeal in her pantry.