Question

Marie and fe work in a flower shop 6 hours on weekend to add their daily allowance in school. They spends 2 1/3 hours for making bouquet, 1 1/2 hours for cutting leaves, and the rest for flower arrangements. How many hours on weekend they spend in flower arrangements?

Answer 1

2 1/6 hours

Explanation:

2 1/3 + 1 1/2 + x = 6

convert all mixed numbers to improper fractions

7/3 + 3/2 + x = 6/1

change all numbers to have a common denominator

14/6 + 9/6 + x = 36/6

combine like terms

23/6 + x = 36/6

subtract 23/6 from both sides

x = 13/6

convert improper fraction to mixed number

2 1/6