Question

Pedro tapes a `3 5/6`-inch piece of paper to a `2 3/4`-inch piece of paper with no overlap. How long is the piece of paper he made?

Answer 1

The answer is `6 14/24` or simplified as `6 7/12`.

Explanation:

In order to find this answer you must find a common denominator. In this case the easiest way to do this is to multiply `6` by `4` and such. As your denominator you should get `24` , and what you do on the top you must do in the bottom. so for the first fraction you should get `3 20/24` and for the second one you should get `2 18/24`. You need to add the `20` and `18` to get `38/24`. This turns in to the mixed number of `1 14/24`. You add this to `3` and `2` to get `6 14/24`.