Question

A shipment of sugar fills 10 containers. Each container holds 3 and 1/4 tons of sugar, what is the amount of sugar in the entire shipment?

Answer 1

Explanation:

3 plus 1/4 equal 13/4 after 13/4.10 equal 3.17

Answer 2

All you need to do here is multiply. 3 1/4 times 10. 3 times 10 is 30, 1/4 times 10 is 2 1/2. Add them together and your answer is 32 1/2 or 32.5 in decimal form.