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Imani is making fruit salad for a school project. She has 2/3 of a cup of strawberries, 1/4 of a cup of blueberries, and 1/2 of a cup of bananas. How many cups of fruit does she have in total for the salad?

1. 1 5/12 ✓
2. 1 1/2
3. 1 1/4
4. 1 2/3

Why: To find the total amount of fruit, we need to add the fractions together: 2/3 + 1/4 + 1/2. First, we find a common denominator, which is 12. Converting each fraction: 2/3 = 8/12, 1/4 = 3/12, 1/2 = 6/12. Now, we add them: 8/12 + 3/12 + 6/12 = 17/12, which is the same as 1 5/12. Therefore, Imani has a total of 1 5/12 cups of fruit for her salad.

Minh is helping his family at their ranch in Texas. They use 3/8 of a roll of fencing to repair one section of their pasture and 1/4 of the same roll to repair another section. How much of the roll of fencing do they use in total for both sections?

1. 5/8 ✓
2. 7/8
3. 3/8
4. 1/2

Why: To find the total amount of fencing used, we need to add 3/8 and 1/4. First, we convert 1/4 to have a denominator of 8. Since 1/4 is the same as 2/8, we add 3/8 + 2/8 = 5/8. Therefore, Minh and his family use 5/8 of the roll of fencing in total.

Diego is planting a vegetable garden in his backyard. He has enough seeds to plant 3/4 of a row of carrots and 1/2 of a row of tomatoes. What does the total fraction of rows he can plant represent?

1. 1/4 of a row
2. 1 and 1/4 rows ✓
3. 1/2 of a row
4. 1 and 1/2 rows

Why: To find the total fraction of rows Diego can plant, we need to add 3/4 and 1/2. First, we convert 1/2 to a fraction with a common denominator of 4, which becomes 2/4. So, 3/4 + 2/4 equals 5/4, which is the same as 1 and 1/4 rows. Therefore, the correct answer is 1 and 1/4 rows.

Eduardo is making a fruit salad using peaches and oranges he picked from his family's farm in the Rio Grande Valley. He has 2/3 of a cup of peaches and 1/4 of a cup of oranges. How much fruit does he have in total?

1. 11/12 ✓
2. 5/12
3. 7/12
4. 3/4

Why: To combine the fractions 2/3 and 1/4, we need a common denominator. The least common denominator of 3 and 4 is 12. Convert 2/3 to 8/12 (by multiplying both the numerator and the denominator by 4) and 1/4 to 3/12 (by multiplying both the numerator and the denominator by 3). Now, add 8/12 and 3/12 to get 11/12. Therefore, Eduardo has a total of 11/12 of a cup of fruit.

Lucy went to a local Tex-Mex restaurant in San Antonio. She ordered 2/5 of a plate of enchiladas and 3/10 of a plate of tacos. How much of a plate of food did Lucy eat in total?

1. 7/10 ✓
2. 1/2
3. 1/5
4. 4/10

Why: To find out how much total food Lucy ate, we need to add the fractions 2/5 and 3/10. First, we find a common denominator for the fractions, which is 10. We convert 2/5 to an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 10: (2 * 2)/(5 * 2) = 4/10. Now, we can add 4/10 + 3/10 = 7/10. Therefore, Lucy ate a total of 7/10 of a plate of food.

Saniya is helping her family at their ranch in Nacogdoches, Texas. They have two types of hay bales: 3/4 of a ton of grass hay and 1/2 of a ton of alfalfa hay. How much hay do they have in total?

1. 5/4 ✓
2. 2/4
3. 1/4
4. 1

Why: To find the total amount of hay, we need to add the fractions 3/4 and 1/2. First, find a common denominator, which in this case is 4. Convert 1/2 into quarters: 1/2 = 2/4. Now add: 3/4 + 2/4 = 5/4. Therefore, Saniya's family has 5/4 tons of hay in total.

Jordan is making a fruit smoothie with strawberries and blueberries. He uses 3/4 of a cup of strawberries and 1/2 of a cup of blueberries. How much fruit does Jordan use in total for his smoothie?

1. 5/4 ✓
2. 1/4
3. 1
4. 2

Why: To find the total amount of fruit, we need to add 3/4 and 1/2. First, we find a common denominator, which is 4. We can rewrite 1/2 as 2/4. Now we add: 3/4 + 2/4 = 5/4. Therefore, Jordan uses 5/4 cups of fruit in total.

Paola and her friends are having a picnic in a bluebonnet field near Waco. They brought a total of 3/4 of a fruit pie and 1/2 of a chocolate cake. How much dessert do they have in total?

1. 5/4 ✓
2. 1
3. 3/4
4. 7/4

Why: To find the total amount of dessert, we need to add 3/4 and 1/2. First, we find a common denominator, which is 4. Converting 1/2 to fourths gives us 2/4. Now we can add: 3/4 + 2/4 = 5/4. Therefore, they have 5/4 of dessert, which means they have 1 whole pie and 1/4 left over.