Question

paloma eats 2/8 of an apple in the morning and 3/8 more in the afternoon. how much of an apple did she eat in total

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

in this problem, we are solving for the amount of apple that Paloma eats

1. she ate 2/8 of a complete apple -hence the will be a remainder, we will find  

  that remainder

2. she also ate 3/8 of the remainder for lunch

3. we then proceed to calculate all apple she ate in total

$1. \frac{2}{8} *1= \frac{1}{4} \\\\1-\frac{1}{4}= \frac{4-1}{4} = \frac{3}{4}$

2 she ate 3/8 of the remaining 3/4 apple

$1. \frac{3}{8} *\frac{3}{4} = \frac{9}{32}$

3. in  total she ate 1/4+ 9/32

$\frac{1}{4} +\frac{9}{32} = \frac{8+9}{32} = \frac{17}{32}$