{"id":225555,"date":"2025-06-04T10:05:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T10:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=225555"},"modified":"2025-06-04T10:05:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T10:05:38","slug":"100-what-is-the-sum-of-1-2-and-0-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/04\/100-what-is-the-sum-of-1-2-and-0-75\/","title":{"rendered":"100% What is the sum of 1\/2 and 0.75"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>100% What is the sum of 1\/2 and 0.75<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Correct Answer:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The sum of 12\\frac{1}{2} and 0.75 is: 12+0.75=0.5+0.75=1.25\\frac{1}{2} + 0.75 = 0.5 + 0.75 = 1.25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Detailed Explanation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To add 12\\frac{1}{2} and 0.75, we first need to understand the two numbers and bring them into the same form\u2014either both fractions or both decimals. Let&#8217;s explore both methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Method 1: Convert Fraction to Decimal<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We know that: 12=0.5\\frac{1}{2} = 0.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that both numbers are in decimal form: 0.5+0.75=1.250.5 + 0.75 = 1.25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Method 2: Convert Decimal to Fraction<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We can also convert 0.75 into a fraction: 0.75=751000.75 = \\frac{75}{100}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simplify by dividing numerator and denominator by 25: 75\u00f725100\u00f725=34\\frac{75 \\div 25}{100 \\div 25} = \\frac{3}{4}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now add: 12+34\\frac{1}{2} + \\frac{3}{4}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To add fractions, they must have the same denominator. The least common denominator (LCD) of 2 and 4 is 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Convert 12\\frac{1}{2} to have a denominator of 4: 12=24\\frac{1}{2} = \\frac{2}{4}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now add: 24+34=54\\frac{2}{4} + \\frac{3}{4} = \\frac{5}{4}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Convert 54\\frac{5}{4} to a decimal: 54=1.25\\frac{5}{4} = 1.25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>No matter which method you use\u2014converting to decimals or working with fractions\u2014the result is the same: <strong>1.25<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This example illustrates the flexibility of math: we can approach a problem in multiple ways and still arrive at the same correct solution. It&#8217;s also a great reminder that understanding both fractions and decimals is important, especially since they appear frequently in everyday life such as in money, measurements, and data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner9-42.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-225556\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>100% What is the sum of 1\/2 and 0.75 The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Correct Answer: The sum of 12\\frac{1}{2} and 0.75 is: 12+0.75=0.5+0.75=1.25\\frac{1}{2} + 0.75 = 0.5 + 0.75 = 1.25 Detailed Explanation To add 12\\frac{1}{2} and 0.75, we first need to understand the two numbers and bring them into the same form\u2014either [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}