Question

James baked 5 1/4 dozen peanut butter cookies and 4 5/6 dozen oatmeal cookies for a bake sale what was the number of dozen cookies he baked

Answer 1

`10(1)/(12)` dozen

Explanation:

`(1)/(4)` × 3 =
`(3)/(12)`

`(5)/(6)` × 2 =
`(10)/(12)`

`(3)/(12)  + (10)/(12)  = (13)/(12)`

`(13)/(12)` is equal to
`1(1)/(12)`

5 + 4 = 9 +
`1(1)/(12)` =
`10(1)/(12)` dozen