Question

Brandus bought `1/3` pound of ground turkey and `3/4` pound of ground beef to make sausages. How many pounds of meat did he buy?

Answer 1

`1 1/12 pounds`

Explanation:

He bought `1/3`pounds of turkey and `3/4`pounds of beef. We need to add the two numbers together to get how many pounds of MEAT he bought in total.

turkey + beef = total amount of meat he bought

p= pound

`1/3p+3/4p`

Now in order to add it together we have to find a common denominator for two fractions.

Therefore we do `3xx4` which is 12 so the common denominator is 12.

For the first fraction`1/3` we need to get 12 as denominator so the new numerator is unknown.

`1/3xxx/12`

`3x=12`

`x=4`

The new fraction is`4/12`, it is the same as we multiplied the whole fraction(numerator and denominator) with 4.

For the second fraction we do the same thing.

`3/4=x/12`

`4x=12xx3`

`4x=36`

`x=36/4=9`

The new fraction is `9/12`. This is also like multiplying the whole fraction with 3.

At the end, we just add those two fractions, numerator with numerator and since the denominator is the same, it stays the same.

`4/12p+9/12p=13/12p=1 1/12p`