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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?

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Answer:

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! :)

User Sherif Eldeeb
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Answer:


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.

User Vadzim Savenok
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