Question

A factory makes sheets of metal that are 2 1/4 inches think. If a worker makes a stack of 5 sheets,how many inches thick will the stack be?

Answer 1

firstly you convert 2 1/4 which is 9/4 and you times that by 5 like

9/4 times 5/1 = 45/5 which converts to 9

the answer is 9 inches high