Question

In one week , Connor's family drank 2 5/8 cartons of regular milk and 2 7/8 cartons of soy milk . How much milk did they drink in all?

Answer 1

Add the quantities of regular milk and soy milk consumed;

`\begin{gathered} \text{Total}=2(5)/(8)+2(7)/(8) \\ \text{Total}=(21)/(8)+(23)/(8) \\ \text{Total}=(21+23)/(8) \\ \text{Total}=(44)/(8) \\ \text{Total}=(11)/(2) \\ \text{Total}=5(1)/(2) \end{gathered}`

Therefore, they drank 5 1/2 cartons of milk altogether