Question

to make a fruit salad Marvin mixes 1 3/4 cups of diced peaches with 2 1/4 cups of diced pears how many cups of peaches and pears are in a fruit salad

Answer 1

4 cups....

First, change the proper fractions to improper fractions.

2 1/4 = 9/4

1 3/4 = 7/4

Then, add the improper fractions.

9 7 16
--- + ---- = --------- = 4
4 4 4

4 cups of peaches and pears