Question

Janice ordered ice cream for her birthday party. After the party she had 2 3/4 gallons of strawberry ice dream, 1gallon of vanilla ice cream and 1 gallon of chocolate left over. About how much ice cream did she have left over?

Answer 1

You need to write the Mixed number as an Improper fraction:

- Multiply the Whole number by the denominator of the fraction.

- Add the product to the numerator.

- Use the original denominator.

Then:

`2(3)/(4)gal=(((2)(4)+3)/(4))gal=(11)/(4)gal`

Knowing that she also had 1 gallon of vanilla ice cream and 1 gallon of chocolate left over, you can add all the amounts given in the exercise, in order to calculate the total amount of ice cream (in gallons) she has left over. Then, you get this result:

`(11)/(4)gal+1gal+1gal=(19)/(4)gal`

The answer is:

`(19)/(4)gal`