Today Allie is carrying her history textbook and her lunch in her backpack. If the history textbook weighs 1 5/12 pounds and her lunch weighs 2 pounds, how much weight is in Allie's backpack?

Question

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

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Answer 1

To find the total weight, we need to add the weight of the history textbook and the weight of the lunch.

The history textbook weighs 1 5/12 pounds. We can rewrite this mixed number as an improper fraction.
1 5/12 = (12 * 1 + 5)/12 = 17/12 pounds.

Now we can add the weights:
17/12 + 2 = 17/12 + 24/12 = 41/12

Therefore, the weight in Allie's backpack is 41/12 pounds.