Amandas library boks weigh 4 3/8 pounds, and her water bottle weighs 1 7/16 pounds. what is the total weight of her books and water bottle?
make sure the answer isn't a mixed fraction i need it simplified!

4 3/8 X 2 = 8 6/16
1 7/16 + 8 6/16 = 9 13/16

First, we change the two given fractions into improper fractions. 4 3/8 becomes 35/8, and 1 7/16 becomes 23/16. We have to make the denominators equal now, to add straight across. 35/8 becomes 70/16, because as long as both the numerator and the denominator multiply by the same number, the fraction is still the same. Now we can add straight across.

70/16 + 23/16 = 93/16

93/16 is the most simplified answer,