Quincy and Jeanette weighed their pet cats. Quincy's cat weighed 10 1/8 pounds and Jeanette's cat weighed 9 1/4 pounds. If they weighed both cats at once, how much would the cats weigh in all?

Question

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

pounds

Answer 1

To solve this problem, we add the weights of both cats together.

Quincy's cat weighs 10 1/8 pounds.
Jeanette's cat weighs 9 1/4 pounds.
To add these fractions, we need to find a common denominator. The least common multiple of 8 and 4 is 8.
10 1/8 + 9 1/4 = 10 2/8 + 9 2/8
= 19 3/8
So, the cats weigh a total of 19 3/8 pounds.