Question

Mrs.Burkett has hauled 4 1/4 ton of gravel for a quarry jobsite. If she were to haul 6 5/8 tons more, then how much total gravel would she have been hauled at the jobsite?

Answer 1

7 7/8 ton of gravel

Explanation:

Its pretty easy actually. All you need to do is add 4 1/4 and 6 5/8.

Let's simplify it and then make a common denominator! (It is 8)

5 x 2 = 10

4 x 2 = 8

Then add:

10 x 53 = 64

8 8 8

Then simplify! And you get

7 7/8

Hope this helped! :)

Answer 2

`10(7)/(8)`

Explanation:

You simply add the fractions up!

First thing is that
`(1)/(4) = (2)/(8)` So we can write the fractions as:

`4(2)/(8) + 6(5)/(8)=4+6(2+5)/(8)=10(7)/(8)` tons of gravel was hauled.