Question

Beth created this design to cover a rip in her jacket. It took half an hour toplan the design and two and a quarter hours to cut and sew the frabric to the jacket. How much time did it take Beth to save her favorite jacket?

Answer 1

2 1/4 + 1/2
first you change 2 1/4 to an improper fraction.
4 x 2=8 +1=9 keep the denominator
9/4
and when adding to fractions you have to multiply.
(9 x 2) + (1 x 4)/4 x 2= 22/8
22 ÷ 2/22 ÷ 8= 11/4
or 2 3/4 hope it helped:D