Question

Your neighborhood would like to raise funds to update the equipment in the neighborhood park. They hold a bake sale and raise 3/8 of the desired funds and then have a neighborhood yard sale and raise another 1/4 . What is the total fractional amount of the desired funds they have raised?(1 point)
Responses

1/3

5/8

1/8


1/2

Answer 1

The total fractional amount of the desired funds they have raised is 3/8 + 1/4 = 6/16 + 4/16 = 10/16 = 5/8.

Therefore, the correct answer is 5/8.