Question

In his new living room, Kirk installed carpeting on 1/2 of the floor and tile on another 1/4 of the floor. What fraction of the floor is now covered by either carpet or tile?

Answer 1

Glad that the carpet and the tiles aren't overlapped, that'd be harder... and is a bad design.

so 1/2 = 2/4
2/4 + 1/4 (carpet + tile) = 3/4

It seems like 3/4, or three quarters, of the floor is now covered by carpet or tile!