A recipe for fruit salad calls for 1 1/8 cups of blueberries and 2 3/4 cups of strawberries. How many cups of blueberries and strawberries are needed in the recipe

Question

A recipe for fruit salad calls for 1 1/8 cups of blueberries and 2 3/4 cups of strawberries. How many cups of blueberries and strawberries are needed in the recipe

Answer 1

To find the total amount of blueberries and strawberries needed in the recipe, we add together the quantities of each fruit.

1 1/8 cups of blueberries + 2 3/4 cups of strawberries

To add these fractions, we need to first find a common denominator. In this case, the least common denominator is 8.

1 1/8 cups of blueberries = (8/8 + 1/8) = 9/8 cups
2 3/4 cups of strawberries = (2 * 4/4 + 3/4) = 11/4 cups

Now we can add the two fractions:

9/8 cups + 11/4 cups

To add these fractions, we need to find a common denominator, which is 8.

9/8 cups + (11/4 * 2/2 cups) = 9/8 cups + 22/8 cups = 31/8 cups

Finally, we can simplify this fraction:

31/8 cups = 3 7/8 cups

Therefore, the recipe calls for a total of 3 7/8 cups of blueberries and strawberries.

Answer 2

Your neighborhood would like to raise funds to update the equipment in the neighborhood park. They hold a bake sale and raise 3/8 of the desired funds and then have a neighborhood yard sale and raise another 1/4 . What is the total fractional amount of the desired funds they have raised?

Answer 3

Your neighborhood would like to raise funds to update the equipment in the neighborhood park. They hold a bake sale and raise 38 of the desired funds and then have a neighborhood yard sale and raise another 14 . What is the total fractional amount of the desired funds they have raised?