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?
3 7/8
To find the total amount of blueberries and strawberries needed in the recipe, we add the two amounts:
1 1/8 cups + 2 3/4 cups
First, let's convert 1 1/8 cups to eighths of a cup:
1 cup = 8/8 cups
1/8 cup + 8/8 cups = 9/8 cups
Now, we can add the amounts:
9/8 cups + 2 3/4 cups
To add these fractions, we need to find a common denominator. The easiest common denominator to work with is 8, so we'll convert 2 3/4 cups to eighths of a cup:
2 cups = 2 * 8/8 cups = 16/8 cups
16/8 cups + 3/4 cups = 19/8 cups
Now, we can add the fractions:
9/8 cups + 19/8 cups = (9 + 19)/8 cups = 28/8 cups
28/8 cups can be reduced by dividing the numerator and denominator by the greatest common divisor, which is 4:
28/8 cups ÷ 4/4 = 7/2 cups
Therefore, the recipe calls for 7/2 cups of blueberries and strawberries.