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Grade 4ChallengeAdding Fractions

Adding Fractions · Challenge problem

Mr. Ruiz makes a pile no taller than 5 inches. First he stacks 4 books, each 34\dfrac{3}{4} of an inch thick. Then he adds notebooks that are each 58\dfrac{5}{8} of an inch thick. How many notebooks can he add at most?