Question

Each student in a pottery class is responsible for cleaning the area around his or her workspace at the end of the lesson. Each student's area is approximately 4 and 1/2ft. There are 13 students in the class. Assuming that each student cleans his or her area, how many square feet in total is cleaned? Use addition to rewrite the fraction, and multiply using the distributive property.

Answer 1

your answer is 58 sq. ft.

Explanation:

4 1/2 × 13

Covert the mixed number into an improper fraction

4 1/2 = 9/2

Then make 13 into a fraction

13/1

Now multiply the fractions

9 × 13 = 117

2 × 1 = 2

Next change the improper fraction into a mixed number

58 1/2

Next change it into a decimal

58.5

Lastly round it and we have the answer

58