A recipe for fruit salad calls for 1 1/8 cups of blueberries and 2 3/4 cups of strawberries. How many cups of blueberries and strawberries are needed in the recipe?(1 point)

Answer 1

To find the total amount of blueberries and strawberries needed in the recipe, we add the quantities: 1 1/8 cups + 2 3/4 cups.

We need to compute the sum of 1 1/8 and 2 3/4.

To do this, we need to find a common denominator for the fractions 1/8 and 3/4, which is 8.

Then we convert 1 to an eighth by multiplying the numerator and denominator by 8: 1 x 8/8 = 8/8

Now, our expression is 8/8 + 1 1/8, which we can rewrite as 8/8 + 9/8.

Adding the fractions, we have: 8/8 + 9/8 = (8 + 9) / 8 = 17/8

We can simplify 17/8 by dividing the numerator by the denominator: 17 ÷ 8 = 2 remainder 1

So, the mixed number equivalent of 17/8 is 2 1/8.

Therefore, the recipe requires 2 1/8 cups of blueberries and strawberries combined.