Question

Gina's literacy bucket weighs 6 pounds. Her novel weighs 1 4/6 pounds, and her chrome book weighs 2 1/6 how much would her bucket weigh if she took out the two items.

Answer 1

Answer:

$2\frac{1}{6}$ pounds.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that Gina's literacy bucket weighs 6 pounds. Her novel weighs 1 4/6 pounds, and her chrome book weighs 2 1/6.

To find weight of bucket after taking out the two items, we will subtract weight of each item from 6 pounds as:

$\text{Weight of bucket}=6-1\frac{4}{6}-2\frac{1}{6}$

Let us convert mixed fractions into improper fractions as:

$1\frac{4}{6}=\frac{6\cdot 1+4}{6}=\frac{10}{6}\\\\2\frac{1}{6}=\frac{6\cdot 2+1}{6}=\frac{12+1}{6}=\frac{13}{6}$

$\text{Weight of bucket}=6-\frac{10}{6}-\frac{13}{6}$

$\text{Weight of bucket}=\frac{6\cdot 6}{6}-\frac{10}{6}-\frac{13}{6}$

$\text{Weight of bucket}=\frac{36}{6}-\frac{10}{6}-\frac{13}{6}$

Combine numerators:

$\text{Weight of bucket}=\frac{36-10-13}{6}$

$\text{Weight of bucket}=\frac{13}{6}$

$\text{Weight of bucket}=2\frac{1}{6}$

Therefore, the weight of the bucket is $2\frac{1}{6}$ pounds.