Haley's class recycled 5 5/6 boxes of paper in a month. if they recycled another 5 / 45 boxes the next month what is the total amount they recycled

So what they want you to do is add

simplify 5/45

5/45=1/9

5 and 5/6+1/9

5 and 5/6=5+5/6 so

5+5/6+1/9

we only need to focus on the 5/6+1/9 part so

to add convert bottom number to same number

answer is 18

multiply 5/6 by 3/3 to get 15/18

multiply 1/9 by 2/2 to get 2/18

add

15/18+2/18=17/18

answer is

they recycled 5 and 17/18