Question

Addison brought 5 pounds of oranges and 7 pounds of cherries to make a fruit salad for a fund raiser. She wants to package an equal amount of fruit salad into each of 10 containers.
How much fruit salad should Addison put in each counter?

Addison should put
(________)
pounds of fruit salad into each container.

Answer 1

This is how i solved this:

9+7=1616 divided by 12 = 1.3 (repeater)1.3 (repeater) = 1 3/10Addison should put 1 3/10 pounds of salad in each container.