Anita and her roommates ate 65 of a pint of ice cream on Friday night and 32 of a pint of ice cream on Saturday night. How many pints did they eat in all?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number._____ pints
Q. Anita and her roommates ate 65 of a pint of ice cream on Friday night and 32 of a pint of ice cream on Saturday night. How many pints did they eat in all?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number._____ pints
Add Fractions: Step 1: Add the fractions of ice cream eaten on Friday and Saturday.65+32To add, find a common denominator. The least common multiple of 6 and 3 is 6.Convert 32 to 64.Now add: 65+64=69
Simplify Fraction: Step 2: Simplify the fraction.69 can be simplified to 23, which is also 121 pints.This means they ate 121 pints in total.
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