document.write( "Question 131584: This is for a 4th grader.......we are suppose to add these numbers together to get the total number of miles was walked with the following:\r
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This is for a 4th grader.......we are suppose to add these numbers together to get the total number of miles was walked with the following:
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\n" ); document.write( "Can this be explained how the answer is suppose to be solved too?
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There's several ways to work this problem but the way that I like best is to add the whole numbers first and then the fractions and then combine. So:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "9+5+10+8=32\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "4/10 + 7/10 + 5/10 + 2/10=18/10 \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now combine:
\n" ); document.write( "32 18/10 but we know that 18/10=10/10 which is 1 plus 8/10 (8/10=4/5) left over, so:
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