Question

Maya is packing her backpack for hike. In one pocket, she puts in a 1/2 pound bag of trail mix,a water bottle weighing 2 1/8 pounds, and flashlight weighing 1/4 pound. How much weight do these three items add to her backpack? Show your work.

Answer 1

Total weight of three items is 2.875 pounds

Solution:

Given that,

Maya is packing her backpack for hike

From given,

$pound\ bag\ of\ trail\ mix = \frac{1}{2}\ pounds$

$water\ bottle = 2\frac{1}{8}\ pounds = \frac{17}{8}\ pounds\\\\flashlight = \frac{1}{4}\ pounds$

How much weight do these three items add to her backpack?

Add all these together

$Total\ weight = \frac{1}{2} + \frac{17}{8} + \frac{1}{4}\\\\Total\ weight = \frac{1 \times 4}{2 \times 4} + \frac{17}{8} + \frac{1 \times 2}{4 \times 2}\\\\Total\ weight = \frac{4}{8} + \frac{17}{8} + \frac{2}{8}\\\\Total\ weight = \frac{23}{8} = 2.875$

Thus total weight of three items is 2.875 pounds