Question

Mary’s tube of red paint is five sevenths full and her blue paint is four sevenths full. How much red and blue paint does Mary have in total? Use the benchmark fraction one half, 1, and 0 to help you estimate each answer before you solve.

one seventh tube
seven ninths tube
one and two sevenths tubes
one and one seventh tubes PLEASE HELP! (Ill give brainnliest!!)

Answers

  1. By adding fractions, we conclude that the correct option is the third one:
    “one and two sevenths tubes”

    How much red and blue paint does Mary have in total?

    We know that:
    • She has 5/7 of the red paint tube.
    • She has 4/7 of the blue paint tube.
    The total amount of paint will be given by the direct addition of these two fractions, notice that the denominator is the same in both cases, so we can just add the numerators.
    5/7 + 4/7 = (5 + 4)/7 = 9/7
    We can rewrite this as:
    9/7 = 7/7 + 2/7 = 1 + 2/7
    Thus, the correct option is the third one
    “one and two sevenths tubes”
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