IXL | Multiply mixed numbers: word problems

Yesterday, Oliver's Doughnut Shop sold 1 1/5 times as many chocolate doughnuts as cinnamon doughnuts. If they sold 1 1/3 trays of cinnamon doughnuts, how many trays of chocolate doughnuts did they sell?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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Last week, Andrew's Fruit Stand sold 1 1/5 boxes of bananas. Down the road, Jessica's Fruit Stand sold 2 1/4 times as many boxes of bananas as Andrew's did. How many boxes of bananas did Jessica's Fruit Stand sell?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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solution

Jessica's Fruit Stand sold 2 1/4 times 1 1/5 boxes of bananas.

Multiply:

Write

as an improper fraction.

(2 × 4) + 1

Write

as an improper fraction.

(1 × 5) + 1

Multiply the numerators and multiply the denominators.

9 × 6

4 × 5

Simplify the product.

Jessica's Fruit Stand sold 2 7/10 boxes of bananas.

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Lesson: Multiplying mixed numbers

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