Question

Mrs. Ebner had 72 plants in her garden. 1/2 of the plants were red peppers and 1/3 of the plants were green peppers. The rest of the plants were carrots. How many plants were pepper?

Answer 1

5/6.

Explanation:

Because 1/2 + 1/3 = 3/6 + 2/6 = 5/6. It doesn't matter that the rest were carrots, the question is asking how many were peppers and 5/6 were.