Question

Jerry had 3 3/4 quarts of milk in his refrigerator. He used 1/2 of the milk for a recipe.

How much milk is left in the refrigerator?
Express your answer in simplest form.

A. 1 1/2

B. 1 3/4

C. 1 7/8

D. 2 3/4

Please help me I am truly horrible at fractions!

Answer 1

c

Answer 2

ok thank you but do you know why?

Answer 3

Please throw out that statement and substitute something like, "With a little help, I could become great at doing problems involving fractions."

Convert 3 3/4 to an improper fraction. 3 is an integer. Multiply it by (4/4) (because 4 is the only denominator here),.

Answer 4

because you divide 3 3/4 by 2

Answer 5

i think

Answer 6

thank you mathmale! I will!

Answer 7

Uncertain of what you're trying to say here.

You have 3 3/4. I'm asking you to multiply the 3 by (4/4). Type out the complete result.

Answer 8

@Emaeklund: Please understand that OpenStudy's Code of Conduct forbids providing direct answers. If you know how to solve the problem, guide the other person towards finding the answer himself or herself.

Answer 9

I will

Answer 10

@DARTHVADER2900

Answer 11

sorry you're apparently not satisfied with our discussion. I need your involvement.

Answer 12

ok

Answer 13

OK what? do you want to continue or are you now looking elsewhere for hlep?

Answer 14

Oh @mathmale is already instructing you.

Answer 15

if he has 3 3/4 and he used 1/2, then I would say that you would subtract

Answer 16

That's not what I asked you. You have 3 3/4 and need to convert this to an improper fraction. An improper fraction is one in which the numerator is larger than the denominator.

Multiply 3 by 4 now, please,

Answer 17

and my dad always says to make the mixed numbers into fractions, so it would be 15/4 - 1/2

Answer 18

That's what we're doing. Please decide, monimonkey567, do you want to continue working with me or are you going to ask your dad instead?

Answer 19

my dad is not home

Answer 20

so I will work with you but I have to eat lunch

Answer 21

All right, would you please concentrate on my questions and requests, so that we can get this problem solved.

We need to combine 3 and 3/4, right?

Answer 22

so I will be right back and I will hurry

Answer 23

the fraction has the denominator 4.

Multiply the 3 by 4 and then divide the result by 4, but do NOT simplify.

Answer 24

ok

Answer 25

In other words, do what I asked you to do earlier: Multiply 3 by (4/4). What do you get? Do NOT simplify the result.

Answer 26

You have been gone for 10 minutes after having said "I'll be right back and I will hurry." I'm closing this question. Perhaps you'd benefit from a fresh start. Or not.

Answer 27

wait I am here again!
I was trying to figure it out.