Question

A delivery person is scheduled to pick up 9 crates of patio pavers. Each crate weighs 1/4 ton. How much weight will the delivery person need to plan for?

Answer 1

`2 1/4` tons.

Explanation:

To solve mulitpy `9 xx 1/4` to find the number of tons

`9/1 xx 1/4 = 9/4`

Dividing by 4 changes the answer from an improper fraction to a mixed number

`9/4 = 2 1/4`