Question

Jared bought 5 1/6 pounds of sand and 2 3/4 pounds of gravel. how many more pounds of sand did Jared buy then gravel?

Answer 1

what do you think the first thing to do is?

Answer 2

Close, what I would do is get the fractions into a common denominator

Answer 3

Then subtract.

Answer 4

Both fractions can have 12 as a common denominator, so what would you do to get both denominators to be 12?

Answer 5

Also, turn the fractions into improper fractions.

Answer 6

Improper Fraction:
\[11/6,11/4\]
Find the common denominator of 12.
\[11/6(2)=22/12\]
\[11/4(3)=33/12\]