Ok so I have an example and I used it for my work. First I'll show the example. Multiply a mixed number with a whole number. 4 times 2 and 1/8 . You multiply 4 times 2 and 4 times 1/8. Get 8 + 4/8. Simplified and got 8 and 1/2.
The problem that I got was. You are a lead carpenter repairing an old house. The old structure was made with lumber dimensions that are no longer standard measures. One beam has 5 stacked boards that are each 1 and 3/4 inches thick. What is the thickness of the beam? I got 5 and 15/4 but my answer is wrong although I followed the previous example by distributing etc. I know the answer is eight and something. Need an explanation.
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Ok so I have an example and I used it for my work. First I'll show the example. Multiply a mixed number with a whole number. 4 times 2 and 1/8 . You multiply 4 times 2 and 4 times 1/8. Get 8 + 4/8. Simplified and got 8 and 1/2.
The problem that I got was. You are a lead carpenter repairing an old house. The old structure was made with lumber dimensions that are no longer standard measures. One beam has 5 stacked boards that are each 1 and 3/4 inches thick. What is the thickness of the beam? I got 5 and 15/4 but my answer is wrong although I followed the previous example by distributing etc.
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