Question

Meir is planting grass seed. He has 5 1/2 small bags of seed. Each bag weighs 3/4 pound.

What is the total weight of the grass seed?

Answer 1

33/8= 4 1/8 so its B.

Explanation:

Answer 2

The total weight of the grass seed is
`(33)/(8)` pounds

Explanation:

Given

Total bags of seeds
`= 5(1)/(2)`

Weight of each bag
`= (3)/(4)` Pounds

Total weight of the grass seed = Total number of bags of seeds * Weight of each bag

Total weight of the grass seed =

`5(1)/(2) *(3)/(4) \\=(11)/(2)*(3)/(4)\\=(33)/(8)`Pounds

The total weight of the grass seed is
`(33)/(8)` pounds