joanna bought 1 1/2 pounds of apples, 3/4 pounds of strawberries, 1/2 pound of grapes, 1 3/4 pounds of oranges, and 1 1/4 pounds of pears. How many pounds of fruit Joanna bought in all?
lets convert all the fractions to decimals and then add. :) apples- 1.5 strawberries- 0.75 grapes- 0.50 oranges- 1.75 pears- 1.25
add all these together and you get 5.75 pounds of fruit in total if you desire to have your answer as a fraction the fraction for 5.75 would be 5 75/100 simplified to 5 3/4