IXL | Add and subtract mixed numbers: word problems

Hoping to be named Salesperson of the Month, Isabelle called the names from 1 7/10 pages of the phone book last week. This week, she called the people listed on another 7 9/10 pages of the same phone book. How many pages worth of people did Isabelle call in all?

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Will has been monitoring his mileage. According to last week's driving log, he drove 9 1/12 miles in his car and 6 5/12 miles in his truck. How far did Will drive last week in all?

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

miles

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Find the total distance Will drove by adding 9 1/12 and 6 5/12.

Add. Remember to add whole numbers to whole numbers and fractions to fractions.

Now simplify.

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Will drove 15 1/2 miles in all.

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