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brownberry5090
Oct 26, 2011, 01:02 PM
Tradespeople and many professional people work with mixed numbers all the time. Describe three (3) different scenarios where someone in the working world will have to perform an operation with mixed numbers.

Wondergirl
Oct 26, 2011, 02:07 PM
Seamstress
Chef

Curlyben
Oct 26, 2011, 02:27 PM
Butcher, Baker and Candlestick Maker ;)

mkdsrd2009
Oct 28, 2011, 06:13 PM
Where would a butcher, baker, and candlestick maker use a mixed number, rather than fractions or percentages?

Wondergirl
Oct 28, 2011, 06:20 PM
2-1/2 cups of tallow or flour or beeswax