Question

In making a fruit punch for a party, you mixed 1⁄2 gallon of grape juice with 3⁄4 gallon of orange juice. How many gallons of punch did you make?

Answer 1

3/4 + 1/2 = 1 1/4 . You give the same denominator in each fraction and add the numerator.

Answer 2

I made 1.25 gallons of punch.

Explanation:

As in making a fruit punch for a party, I mixed 1⁄2 gallon of grape juice with 3⁄4 gallon of orange juice, in order to know how many gallons of punch did I make we have to do the following calculation:

Grape juice: 1/2 = 0.5

Orange juice: 3/4 = 0.75

Total juice: grape juice + orange juice = 0.5 + 0.75

Total juice: 1.25 gallons of punch.