Mary ate 4 1/2 pears and Carmie ate 7 2/4 pears. If they finished all the pears in a box, how many pears were in the box?(1 point)

Responses

12
12

1136
11 Start Fraction 3 over 6 End Fraction

1114
11 Start Fraction 1 over 4 End Fraction

11

1 answer

The total number of pears eaten by Mary and Carmie is 4 1/2 + 7 2/4 = 11.5 pears. Since they finished all the pears in the box, there were 11 pears in the box.
Therefore, the correct answer is 11.