Jason ate #5/16# of a chocolate pie. Maria ate #1/4.# What fraction of the pie did they eat altogether?
1 Answer
Dec 13, 2016
Explanation:
All together means combined.
To combine them we have:
A fraction consists of:
You can not DIRECTLY add or subtract the counts unless the size indicators (denominators) are the same.
Multiply by 1 and you do not change the value of the fraction. However, 1 comes in many forms so you can change the way a fraction looks without changing its value.
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