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What is the sum of 4 1/4 and 5 3/4

User Neurosnap
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Hello!

We can calculate it in different ways. I'll show you two ways to solve it:

1st way:


4(1)/(4)+5(3)/(4)

We can sum fraction with fraction (because they have the same denominator) and sum integer with integer, look:


\begin{gathered} ((1)/(4)+(3)/(4))=(4)/(4)=1 \\ \\ 4+5=9 \end{gathered}

Then, we will add the results:


1+9=10

2nd way:

We can convert the fractions to decimals:


\begin{gathered} (1)/(4)=0.25 \\ \\ (3)/(4)=0.75 \end{gathered}

Now we can sum it:


4+0.25+5+0.75=4.25+5.75=10

Besides these two, there are other ways to solve this problem.

Answer:

10.

User Martin Majer
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