During the day Bob drank #1/6# of a gallon of water, #1/8# gallon of water and #5/12# gallon of water. How much water did Bob drink altogether?
1 Answer
See a solution process below:
Explanation:
To add or subtract fractions they must be over a common denominator:
First, find the common denominator of each fraction by finding the least common multiple of the three denominators:
Multiples of
Multiples of
Multiples of
The Least Common Multiple is
Now, we need to multiply each fraction by the appropriate form of
We can now add the three fractions:
Altogether Bob drank