Phil ate #2/5# of a pizza, Caroline ate #1/4# of a pizza. How much did they eat in all?
2 Answers
Mar 24, 2018
Explanation:
Convert each fraction so that it has a common denominator. 5 and 4 are common factors of 20, so let's use 20 in the denominator.
Now it's easy to add them:
Mar 24, 2018
Phil and Caroline ate
Explanation:
The lowest common multiple of
Multiplying the numerator and denominator of
Multiplying the numerator and denominator of
Now that both fractions have the same denominator, we can add their numerators and keep the same denominator.