Question

Eve collected 4 5/6 pounds of newspaper for the recycling drive. Jonah collected 9 1/3 times as much newspaper as Eve. How many pounds of newspaper did Jonah collect?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Answer 1

Jonah collected
`45(1)/(9)` pounds of newspaper [mixed fraction]

Jonah collected
`(406)/(9)` pounds of newspaper [proper fraction]

Explanation:

We know Eve collected 4 5/6 pounds of newspaper and Jonah collected 9 1/3 times that amount. The question asks us to perform a fraction product, where each one is a mixed fraction.

Jonah collected

`4(5)/(6)* 9(1)/(3)`

Each fraction will be converted to proper fraction

`(4+(5)/(6))(9+(1)/(3))`

`=((29)/(6))((28)/(3))`

`=(406)/(9)`

`=45(1)/(9)`

Jonah collected
`45(1)/(9)` pounds of newspaper [mixed fraction]

Jonah collected
`(406)/(9)` pounds of newspaper [proper fraction]