Question

Sammy's mother bought two and a half pounds of blueberries on Monday send me a one fourth of the blueberries before he went to bed how many pounds of blueberries to see me on Monday

Answer 1

in the beginning: 5/2 lbs
before monday: 5/2 X 1/4 =5/8
make a common denominator: 5/2 = 20/8
on monday: 20/8 - 5/8 = 15/8
       = 1 7/8 lbs