IXL | Add and subtract mixed numbers: word problems

Felipe rode his bicycle 1 3/4 miles from his house to the park. Then he rode 2 3/4 miles from the park to the library. How many miles did Felipe ride in all?

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

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Anthony added 4 7/10 cups of yellow raisins and 1 9/10 cups of black raisins to a batch of trail mix. How many cups of raisins did Anthony add in all?

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

cups

solution

Find the amount of raisins Anthony added to the in the trail mix by adding 4 7/10 and 1 9/10.

Add. Remember to add whole numbers to whole numbers and fractions to fractions.

Now simplify.

Write the answer.

Anthony added 6 3/5 cups of raisins to the trail mix.

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