Question

Maya’s school held an aluminum collection program in which they collected aluminum and brought it to be recycled. In the first week, Maya collected 4/20 lb of aluminum and her friend Abigail collected 7/8 lb.

Now answer the questions below.

a. Which girl collected more aluminum?

b. How much aluminum did the two girls collect?

Answer 1

Explanation:

So first you divide 4/20 which is 5-Maya

Then you divide 7/8 which is 1.14-Abigail

Maya collected more aluminum and they collected 6.14 lb of aluminum.

Answer 2

4/16

Explanation:

1st do 4/20 * 7/8 =___

okay so 4 times 7 is 28 so we now have 28/? okay so 20 times 8 is 160 so now we have 28/160 lbs if you want to simplify it that would be 4/16

hope i helped