Question

Ms.Shanks collects money for a fundraiser while she has fractions on her mind. She collects $1 3/4,$3/4,$1/4,$2 2/4,and $1 from five of her students. How much money did she collect in total? Also,you know that $1/4=$0.25=25cents So check your fractions calculations using decimals

Answer 1

$6.25 or $6 and 25 cents

Explanation:

Ms.Shanks collects
`\$1(3)/(4),\ \$(3)/(4),\ \$(1)/(4),\ \$2(2)/(4)`,and
`\$1` from five of her students.

In total she collects

`\$\left(1(3)/(4)+(3)/(4)+(1)/(4)+2(2)/(4)+1\right)=\$\left(1+2+1+(3)/(4)+(3)/(4)+(1)/(4)+(2)/(4)\right)=\$\left(4+(9)/(4)\right)=\\ \\\$\left(4+2(1)/(4)\right)=\$6(1)/(4)`

Note that

`\$6(1)/(4)=\$6.25` ($6 and 25 cents)

Now check in decimals:

`\$1(3)/(4)=\$1.75\\ \\\$(3)/(4)=\$0.75\\ \\\$(1)/(4)=\$0.25\\ \\\$2(2)/(4)=\$2.50\\ \\\$1=\$1`

So, the sum is

`\$1.75+\$0.75+\$0.25+\$2.50+\$1=\$1.75+\$1+\$3.50=\$1.75+\$4.50=\$6.25`