One evening, a restaurant served a total of 2 loaves of wheat bread and 4/10 of a loaf of white bread. How many loaves were served in all?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number. loavesSubmit
Question
One evening, a restaurant served a total of 2 loaves of wheat bread and 4/10 of a loaf of white bread. How many loaves were served in all?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number. loavesSubmit
Solution
To find the total number of loaves served, we need to add the loaves of wheat bread and the loaves of white bread together.
- The restaurant served 2 loaves of wheat bread.
- The restaurant also served 4/10 of a loaf of white bread.
First, let's convert 4/10 to a simpler fraction. We can simplify 4/10 by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2:
4 ÷ 2 = 2 10 ÷ 2 = 5
So, 4/10 simplifies to 2/5.
Now, we add the whole number and the fraction:
2 (whole number) + 2/5 (fraction)
To add these together, we can convert the whole number to a fraction with the same denominator as the fraction:
2 = 2/1
Now, we need a common denominator to add these fractions. The common denominator for 1 and 5 is 5:
2/1 = 10/5
Now we can add the fractions:
10/5 + 2/5 = 12/5
12/5 is an improper fraction, so we can convert it to a mixed number:
12 ÷ 5 = 2 with a remainder of 2
So, 12/5 = 2 2/5
Therefore, the total number of loaves served is 2 2/5 loaves.
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