Giovanna, frances, and their dad each carried a 10-pound bag of soil into the backyard. after putting soil in the first flower bed, giovanna's bag was 5/8 full, frances's bag was 2/5 full, and their dads was 3/4 full. how many pounds of soil did they put in the first flower bed altogether?

12.25 pounds of soil  (or 12¹/₄ pounds).

Given:

Giovanna, Frances, and their dad each carried a 10-pound bag of soil into the back yard. After putting soil in the first flower bed:  

Question:

How many pounds of soil did they put in the first flower bed altogether?

The Process:

Let us create each diagram for each of their 10-pound bags of soil.

Now consider the final step.

Let us calculate how many pounds of soil did they put in the first flower bed altogether. After putting soil,

We add up to be .

Thus, they put 12.25 pounds of soil in the first flower bed altogether.

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Quick Steps:

Least common multiple (LCM) of 8, 5, and 4 are 40.

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if a = 1,   and b = 2, then the answer is 47.99999999. if you round that to the nearest whole number, the answer is 48.