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)

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

GPT 3.5 · Accepted Answer

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.