Question

Andrew has one book that is 2 3/7 inches thick and a second book that is 3.56 inches thick. If he stacks the books, about how tall will the stack be? Round to the nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

6 inches

Explanation:

So first you would make 2 3/7 a dismal. So that is 2.43. Then you add 2.43 and 3.56 to get 5.99 inches tall. The you round to the nearest whole number to get 6 inches.