Question

A construction crew has just finished building a road. The crew worked for 2 2/9 days. If they built 2 1/5 kilometers of road each day, what is the total length of road they built.

write your answer as a mixed number in simplest form.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

2 2/9 * 2 1/5

Change to improper fractions

20 11

---- x ------

9 5

220 / 45 Divide top and bottom by 5 (you could have done this first)

44/ 9

4 8/9