Question

joe collected 3 3/5 bins of glass bottles to recycle. kimi collected 3 5/8 times as many bins as joe. how many bins of bottles did kimi collect? write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Explanation:

Step1: Convert mixed - numbers to improper fractions

$3\frac{3}{5}=\frac{3\times5 + 3}{5}=\frac{18}{5}$ and $3\frac{5}{8}=\frac{3\times8+5}{8}=\frac{29}{8}$

Step2: Multiply the two fractions

$\frac{18}{5}\times\frac{29}{8}=\frac{18\times29}{5\times8}=\frac{522}{40}$

Step3: Simplify the fraction

$\frac{522}{40}=\frac{261}{20}=13\frac{1}{20}$

Answer:

$13\frac{1}{20}$ bins