Question

Emma buys 3 2/3 yards of blue fabric and some yellow yellow fabric at the store she buys a total of 5 1/3 yards of fabric the equation 5 1/3 equals 3 2/3+ addition why can be used to represent a situation where why is the number of yards of yellow fabric she buys how much yellow fabric does she buy

Answer 1

yellow fabric 5/3 yards

Explanation:

convert the mixed numbers into improper fractions:

3 2/3 = 11/3 5 1/3=16/3

16/3 - 11/3 = 5/3