Question

There are 4 elephants in the preserve. Each elephant eats 2 1/4 tons of vegetation in a week.

How much vegetation do the elephants eat in a week?

Express your answer in simplest form.


tons
pleas try your best on solving make sure you are correct

Answer 1

4 elephants
each eats 2 1/4 ton

4 * 2 1/4 :)

Answer 2

\[\frac{ 4 }{ 1 }\times \frac{ 9 }{ 4 }\]

Answer 3

9/4? where did that come from?

Answer 4

We can cross out the 4 as they rule out.

Answer 5

and 4/1? wassdat?

Answer 6

anyway.... so, what do you get from 4 * 2 1/4?

Answer 7

Don't you have to do that in order to multiply fractions? :/ Convert them to improper fractions? :/

Answer 8

I haven't done these in a while. :P

Answer 9

dunno, let's ask @cutepuppies , I think she'd know

Answer 10

so, what do you get from 4 * 2 1/4 @cutepuppies ?

*biting nails*
*profuse sweating*

don't leave us in suspense

Answer 11

\(\bf {\color{blue}{ a}}\frac{{\color{brown}{ b}}}{{\color{purple}{ c}}}\implies \cfrac{{\color{blue}{ a}}\times {\color{purple}{ c}}+{\color{brown}{ b}}}{{\color{purple}{ c}}}\impliedby \textit{to make the mixed, to improper fraction}\)

so... do that with 2 1/4, see what you get
and then just multiply away