Question

Which of the following makes this a true equation?

What number plus one and one-fourth equals four and one-half?

two and one-half

two and three-fourths

three and one-fourth

three and one-half

Answer 1

1 1/4 = 1.25

4 1/2 = 4.50

1.25 + x = 4.50

x = 3.25

= 3 1/4