Question

On Monday Simon's class filled 3 2/5 boxes with books to donate to charity. On Wednesday the class filled 4 2/5 more boxes with books. How many boxes of books will Simon's class donate in all?

Answer 1

Simon class donated
`7(4)/(5) \text{ or } 8` boxes of books

Solution:

Given that,

On Monday Simon's class filled
`3(2)/(5)` boxes with books to donate

On Wednesday the class filled
`4(2)/(5)` more boxes with books

To find: total number of boxes of books donated

Total number of boxes of books donated = boxes filled in monday + boxes filled in wednesday

From given statement,

Boxes of books filled in monday =
`3(2)/(5) = (5 * 3 +2)/(5) = (17)/(5)`

Boxes of books filled in wednesday =
`4(2)/(5) = (5 * 4+2)/(5) = (22)/(5)`

Therefore,

Total number of boxes of books donated =
`(17)/(5) + (22)/(5)`

`\rightarrow (17)/(5) + (22)/(5) = (17+22)/(5) = (39)/(5) = 7(4)/(5) = 7.8\\\\\rightarrow 7.8 \approx 8`

Thus simon class donated
`7(4)/(5) \text{ or } 8` boxes of books