SOLUTION: Ben hiked 4 4/5 miles on Saturday. He hiked 1 3/4 miles more on Sunday than Saturday. How many more miles did he hike in all?

Question 1053636: Ben hiked 4 4/5 miles on Saturday. He hiked 1 3/4 miles more on Sunday than Saturday. How many more miles did he hike in all?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Ben hiked 4 4/5 miles on Saturday. He hiked 1 3/4 miles more on Sunday than Saturday. How many more miles did he hike in all?
------------------
Total = 4 4/5 + 4 4/5 + 1 3/4
----
Total = 8 8/5 + 1 3/4
----
Total = 48/5 + 7/4
-----
Total = (4*48 + 5*7)/20
----
Total = 227/20
----
Total = 11 7/20
----------------
Cheers,
Stan H.
---------------
RELATED QUESTIONS
Jack is on a 5 mile hike. He has already hiked 3 1/4 miles. How many miles does he have... (answered by Earlsdon)

Jane hiked 3 5/8 miles. Diana kiked 1 3/4 miles. How much farther did Jane hike... (answered by rfer,checkley79)

Gina traveled 450 miles in two days. She traveled 50 more miles on Saturday than on... (answered by checkley77)

if frank rode his bike 4 miles on Saturday how many miles did he... (answered by JulietG)

Gina traveled 450 miles to her grandmother's house in two days. She traveled 50 more... (answered by stanbon)

A boy walked on saturday 1 1/2 miles longer then he did on Sunday. He walked a total of 8 (answered by neatmath)

emmy plans to hike 32 miles this weekend. on saturday,she hiked 24 miles . what percent... (answered by laurien)

kevin is hiking on a trail that is 4.2 miles long.so far, he has hiked 80% of the total... (answered by stanbon)

Rachel took a two-day road trip last weekend. She drove 65 miles less on Sunday than she... (answered by josgarithmetic,rothauserc)