Question

Clara and even volunteer at an animal shelter a total of 956 hours letter word for 4 1/3 hours how many hours did even work

Answer 1

Explanation:

The sum of the hours Clara worked and the hours Erin worked is 9 5/6 and we know that Clara worked 4 1/3 hours. We can find out how many hours Erin worked by substracting the hours worked by Clara from the total number of hours:

$9\frac{5}{6}-4\frac{1}{3}$

To substract mixed numbers first we have to substract the whole part and then the fraction part:

$(9-4)(\frac{5}{6}-\frac{1}{3})=5(\frac{5-2}{6})=5\frac{3}{6}$

And finally we can simplify the fraction part of the result:

$5\frac{3}{6}=5\frac{1}{2}$

Answer:

Erin worked 5 1/2 hours