Question

Michelle picked 6 1/6 bushels of apples today and 3 3/8 bushels yesterday how many bushels did she pick in all

Answer 1

let's change all those mixed fractions to improper fractions, then add them up.

`\stackrel{mixed}{6(1)/(6)}\implies \cfrac{6\cdot 6+1}{6}\implies \stackrel{improper}{\cfrac{37}{6}}~\hfill \stackrel{mixed}{3(3)/(8)} \implies \cfrac{3\cdot 8+3}{8} \implies \stackrel{improper}{\cfrac{27}{8}} \\\\[-0.35em] ~\dotfill\\\\ \cfrac{37}{6}+\cfrac{27}{8}\implies \cfrac{(4)37~~ + ~~(3)27}{\underset{\textit{using this LCD}}{24}}\implies \cfrac{148+81}{24}\implies \cfrac{229}{24}\implies {\Large \begin{array}{llll} 9(13)/(24) \end{array}}~bushels`