Question

A shipment of sugar fills 6 containers. If each container holds 3 3/4 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

7 6/7 tons.

Explanation:

2 1/5 containers = 11/5 containers, written as an improper fraction. Each container holds 3 4/7 tons of sugar; this capacity is 25/7, written as an improper fraction.

The product of these two numbers is 55/7 tons, or 7 6/7 tons.