Question

5. Reggie picked 3 3/4 quarts of blueberries and 4 1/4 quarts of raspberries at a fruit farm. How many total quarts of berries did he pick? Show your work or explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

Reggie picked total 8 quarts of berries.

Explanation:

Given:

Amount of Blueberries picked by Reggie =
`3(3)/(4)` quarts

`3(3)/(4)` can be Rewritten as
`(15)/(4)`

Amount of Blueberries picked by Reggie =
`(15)/(4)` quarts

Amount of Raspberries picked by Reggie =
`4(1)/(4)` quarts

`4(1)/(4)` can be Rewritten as
`(17)/(4)`

Amount of Raspberries picked by Reggie =
`(17)/(4)` quarts

We need to find Total quarts of berries he picked from fruit farm.

So we can say Total quarts of berries he picked from fruit farm is equal to sum of Amount of Blueberries and Amount of Raspberries.

Framing in equation form we get;

Total Quarts of Berries =
`(15)/(4)+(17)/(4) = (15+17)/(4)=(32)/(4) = 8\ quarts`

Hence Reggie picked Total 8 quarts of berries.