Joe was making mixed nuts. he used 2 1/4 pounds of peanuts and 3 1/5 pounds of cashews. how many pounds of mixed nuts did joe make?

1. Make improper fractions with common denominators
2 1/4= 9/4=45/20
3 1/5=16/5=64/20

2. Add the factions
45+64=109
109/20

3. Divide the numerator by the denominator

109/20=5.45

4. Your answer is 5.45 pounds