Question

1A shipment of sugar fills 4 1/5containers. If each container holds 2 1/3 tons of sugar, what is the amount of sugar in the entire shipment? Write your answer as a mixed number in simplest form

Answer 1

9 4/5 tons of sugar.

Step-by-step explanation:

The number of containers in a shipment of sugar = 4 1/5 containers

Amount of sugar in each container = 2 1/3 tons

Therefore, the amount of sugar in the entire shipment is:

`\begin{gathered} =4(1)/(5)*2(1)/(3) \\ =(21)/(5)*(7)/(3) \\ =(7*7)/(5) \\ =(49)/(5) \\ =9(4)/(5)\text{ tons} \end{gathered}`

There are 9 4/5 tons of sugar in the entire shipment.