Mary ate 4 1/2 pears and Carmie ate 7 2/4 pears. If they finished all the pears in a box, how many pears were in the box?(1 point)
Responses
11
12
11 1/4
11 3/6
To find the total number of pears in the box, we need to add the number of pears Mary ate to the number of pears Carmie ate.
Mary ate 4 1/2 pears = 4 + 1/2 = 4.5 pears
Carmie ate 7 2/4 pears = 7 + 1/2 = 7.5 pears
Total number of pears = 4.5 + 7.5 = 12
Therefore, there were 12 pears in the box.