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: 
9 4/10
5 7/10
10 5/10
8 2/10 
Can this be explained how the answer is suppose to be solved too? 
Thank you


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:

9+5+10+8=32

4/10 + 7/10 + 5/10 + 2/10=18/10 

Now combine:
32 18/10  but we know that 18/10=10/10 which is 1 plus 8/10 (8/10=4/5) left over, so:
32 18/10=33 4/5 


Hope this helps---ptaylor