Question

Julia's homeroom brought in 5 2/3 pounds of candy. Ron's homeroom brought in 8 1/2 pounds of candy. Victor's homeroom brought in 9 1/6 pounds of candy. The candy has to be put into bags that can only hold 1 3/4 pounds of candy. How many bags will they need in order to hold all the candy?

Answer 1

14 bags

Explanation:

5 2/3 - 5 4/6

8 1/2 - 8 3/6

9 1/6 - 9 1/6

Add them up

sum= 23 1/3 or 70/3

divide it by 1 3/4

= 14 bags