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Julia is making fruit salad. She purchased 9 2/3 ounces of 6 different fruits. How many ounces of fruit did she purchase

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Multiply 9 2/3 * 6
To make it easier use 9 2/3 as an improper fraction

9 2/3 = 29/3
6 = 18/3
On paper you would see the 29 and 18 are the numerators (top number of the fraction)

29 * 18 = 522
522/3 = 174
So Julia purchased 174 ounces of fruit
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