Question

Sarah works at an orchard. She has 4½ pounds of apples to stock. After thirty minutes she stocks ⅙ of a pound of them. How many more pounds does she have left to stock?

Answer 1

Answer:

4 2/6 pounds left to stock

Step-by-step explanation:

1/2 is equivalent to 3/6 so subtracting the 1/6 of a pound that Sarah has already stocked you would get 2/6. Just remember the 4 full pounds as that does need to be added back. Another note is when subtracting it helps to set the fractions with a common denominator, in this case being 6.