Question

Trevor picked 5 ⅗ pounds of cherries. He distributed them evenly into 12 containers. How many pounds of cherries were in each container?

Answer 1

7/15

Explanation:

For me, it is easier to take the 3/5 and put it in decimal form which is .6 and add the 5 to it, making 5.6, and then in a calculator put in 5.6 divided by 12 and you should get a big decimal that's pretty big but if you have a graphing calculator and convert that to a fraction and you should get 7/15, This is a pretty lazy way of me doing it but that's how I did it.