"Kylie picked one-seventh of a basket of apples yesterday. She picked one-half of a basket of apples today. What part of a basket of apples has Kylie picked all together?"
Does this mean that Kylie picked one-seventh yesterday and picked one-half from the remaining six-seventh of the basket?
Mathematically: (1/7) + ((1/2)(6/7)) = 4/7 basket
OR does this mean that Kylie picked one-seventh of a whole basket yesterday and one-half from a DIFFERENT whole basket of apples today?
Mathematically: (1/7) + (1/2) = 9/14 basket
Thank you!
2007-12-31 07:53:23 · 10 answers · asked by =) 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
The 2nd one. They would have phrased it differently if it were the 1st one. They would have said something like "She picked one-half of the remaining apples from the basket today."
2007-12-31 07:58:16 · answer #1 · answered by MartinWeiss 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the Hypotenuse is on a top triangle, so A may be the top, B may be the backside of the triangle, and the Hypotenuse is the Longest line of the triangle. so.... 5squared + 12 squared= csquared 25+one hundred forty four=csquared =169 then take the sq. root of 169 =thirteen so which you have A=5 B=12 and C=thirteen through fact the sq. is on the Hypotenuse, and you're attempting to discover the section, multiply thirteen by capacity of itself ( thirteen*thirteen) =169 (element of sq.) *oh, and thank you Jon T!!
2016-12-18 13:37:05 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thinking too deeply. It just wants you to add yesterdays and todays amounts together so:
1/7 + 1/2= 2/14 + 7/14= 9/14
14 is Common denominator
2007-12-31 08:13:12 · answer #3 · answered by funvonne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kylie picked [1/7 of a basket + 1/2 of a basket]
= (1/7+ 1/2) of a basket
= (2 + 7)/2*7 of a basket
= 9/14 of a basket, altogether.
2007-12-31 08:06:47 · answer #4 · answered by sv 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You want the second result
don't over think this it's the 5th grade
2007-12-31 08:03:36 · answer #5 · answered by Fl. Guy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be either, you should ask your math teacher, but most 5th Graders would be just 1 concept, not 2, (with problem solving,) so I would say 9/14, because it seems like a one conecpt question.
2007-12-31 08:03:03 · answer #6 · answered by Origami Fan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure its 1/7 + 1/5 as fifth graders usually don't posess the deduction skills for tricky story problems yet. Even 6th ans 7th graders usually don't have to compensate for the extra angle of an hour hand of a clock when calculating the angles between the hands on a clock at a given time.
2007-12-31 08:00:01 · answer #7 · answered by simsposeidon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 1/7 and 1/2 of a basket are independent operations. They are simply added together to find the total (T):
T = 1/7 + 1/2
T = 2/14 + 7/14
T = 9/14
Kylie has picked nine fourteenths of a basket of apples.
2007-12-31 07:58:17 · answer #8 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they are saying a 1/7 of a basket and then assume that she used an empty basket the next day to pick half. together how much of one basket would it fill
2007-12-31 07:58:09 · answer #9 · answered by pie4535 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's as though the second interpretation.
Both the 1/2 and the 1/7 apply to the original contents of the basket. 9/14
2007-12-31 07:57:46 · answer #10 · answered by holdm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋