Question

Adolfo went grocery shopping and bought some fruit that he loaded into his grocery bag. 3/8 of the bag of fruit was apples. 9/32 of the bag of fruit were oranges. The rest of the bag of fruit was bananas and lemons?

The bananas and lemons represent ____ of all of the fruit in his bag.
Answer is a reduced fraction.

Answer 1

The bananas and lemons represent 11/32 of all of the fruit in his bag.

Explanation:

1. find the common denominator between 3/8 and 9/32
2. 3/8 = 12/32
3. add 12/32 + 9/32 = 21/32
4. now, you subtract 32/32 - 21/32 = 11/32
5. Answer = 11/32

How did I get 32/32?

We know that 32/32 is the whole number of fruits in the bag so and 21/32 is the fraction of apples and oranges in the bag. 32/32 represents the total number of fruits.