A farmer has 7 and 3/4 rows of radishes in one field, 4 and 3/4 of radishes in another field, and 6 and 1/4 rows in a third field. How many rows of radishes does he have altogether?

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A farmer has 7 and 3/4 rows of radishes in one field, 4 and 3/4 of radishes in another field, and 6 and 1/4 rows in a third  field. How many  rows of radishes does he have altogether?

anonymous · Answer

just add them all up.

anonymous · Answer

ok cause the answer key i have is showering 18 3/4 i wonder if they rounded up or something cause i know 7+4+6 =17 so that would of been 17 3/4

anonymous · Answer

You know that the whole numbers add up to 17.

Now let's add the fraction:

3/4+3/4+1/4=7/4 (7/4 converted to mix number is 1 and 3/4)

17+1 3/4= 18 3/4

anonymous · Answer

ok