At the supermarket, Jalen bought three kinds of meat: ¼ pound of roast beef, ¾ pound of ham, and ¾ pound of turkey. Which choice describes the total weight of the meats?

To find the total weight of the meats Jalen bought, we need to add up the weight of each kind of meat.

First, let's convert all the weights to a common unit, such as pounds.

Jalen bought ¼ pound of roast beef, ¾ pound of ham, and ¾ pound of turkey.

To add the weights together, we can start by adding the fractions:

¼ + ¾ + ¾

To add fractions, we need to have a common denominator. In this case, the common denominator is 4.

So we need to convert ¾ and ¾ to have a denominator of 4.

¾ = 3/4 = (3 * 1)/(4 * 1) = 3/4

¾ = 3/4

Now we can add the fractions:

¼ + 3/4 + 3/4

When the fractions have the same denominator, we can add the numerators together:

1/4 + 3/4 + 3/4 = 7/4

Now let's simplify the fraction:

7/4 = 1 3/4

So the total weight of the meats Jalen bought is 1 3/4 pounds.

Fractions are a way to represent parts of a whole. The numerator represents the number of parts we have, and the denominator represents the total number of equal parts that make up the whole. In this case, the whole is the pound, and the numerators represent the number of pounds of each kind of meat Jalen bought. By adding the fractions, we can find the total weight of all the meats.