Question

For his famous seafood gumbo, Peter uses jumbo shrimp and blue crab. His recipe calls for 1/8 of a pound of shrimp and 6/8 of a pound of crab. How many pounds of seafood does Peter use in all?

Answer 1

Given: For his famous seafood gumbo, Peter uses jumbo shrimp and blue crab. His recipe calls for 1/8 of a pound of shrimp and 6/8 of a pound of crab.

Required: Pounds of seafood used by Peter.

Explanation:

Shrimp used = 1/8 of a pound

Crab used = 6/8 of a pound.

Total seafood used = 1/8 + 6/8

So

$\frac{1}{8}+\frac{6}{8}=\frac{1+6}{8}=\frac{7}{8}$

So total seafood used is 7/8 pounds.

Final Answer: Total seafood used is 7/8 pounds.