A project is built from pieces of sizes 2 1/2, 1 1/3 and 1/6. What is the total size?

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A project is built from pieces of sizes $2 \frac{1}{2}$ , $1 \frac{1}{3}$ and $\frac{1}{6}$ . What is the total size?

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Hint

Use a common denominator of $6$ .

Solution

Convert to sixths: $2 \frac{1}{2} = \frac{15}{6}$ , $1 \frac{1}{3} = \frac{8}{6}$ , and $\frac{1}{6}$ stays.
Add the numerators: $15 + 8 + 1 = 24$ .
The total is $\frac{24}{6}$ .
So the total size is $4$ .

Answer: $4$