OpenStax, Prealgebra 2e §4.6 Add and Subtract Mixed Numbers · Exercise 55 · Arithmetic · Fractions

Add and Subtract Mixed Numbers · Exercise 55

Sewing Renata is sewing matching shirts for her husband and son. According to the patterns she will use, she needs $2 \frac{3}{8}$ yards of fabric for her husband’s shirt and $1 \frac{1}{8}$ yards of fabric for her son’s shirt. How much fabric does she need to make both shirts?

Its source prints no answer for this problem, so there's nothing to check against.

~8 minWritten answer · compare with the solution

OpenStax, Prealgebra 2e · §4.6 Add and Subtract Mixed Numbers · Exercise 55

Stuck? A gentle nudge

No hints for this one.

Something off?

Workspace

Your working

Check your full solution

Upload photos of your handwritten work or a PDF, and Lemma will read it and tell you whether it's right — and where it first goes wrong if not.