Helena made trail mix and wants to list the ingredients in order of increasing weight. She used 1 5/8 lb of mixed nuts, 5/8 lb of chocolate covered raisins, and 1 2/8 lb of dried mixed fruit. If she decides to include 6/8 lb of sunflower seeds, which list shows the order of ingredients from least weight to greatest weight?
raisins, seeds, fruit, nuts
seeds, raisins, fruit, nuts
raisins, fruit, nuts, seeds
seeds, fruit, raisins, nuts

Question

Helena made trail mix and wants to list the ingredients in order of increasing weight. She used 1 5/8 lb of mixed nuts, 5/8 lb of chocolate covered raisins, and 1 2/8  lb of dried mixed fruit. If she decides to include 6/8 lb of sunflower seeds, which list shows the order of ingredients from least weight to greatest weight?
  raisins, seeds, fruit, nuts
  seeds, raisins, fruit, nuts
  raisins, fruit, nuts, seeds
  seeds, fruit, raisins, nuts

anonymous · Answer

do you know how to convert mixed numbers to improper fractions?