IXL | Multiply mixed numbers by whole numbers: word problems

Last month, Liz and Jenny sold candy to raise money for their debate team. Jenny sold 3 times as much candy as Liz did. If Liz sold 1 5/6 boxes of candy, how many boxes of candy did Jenny sell?

Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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On Wednesday the farmers at the Clay Farm picked 3 5/6 barrels of tomatoes. Thursday, the farmers picked 2 times as many tomatoes as on Wednesday. How many barrels of tomatoes did the farmers pick on Thursday?

Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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solution

On Thursday the farmers picked 2 times 3 5/6 barrels of tomatoes.

Multiply:

Write

as an improper fraction.

Write

as an improper fraction.

(3 × 6) + 5

Multiply the numerators and multiply the denominators.

2 × 23

1 × 6

Simplify the product.

On Thursday the farmers picked 7 2/3 barrels of tomatoes.

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