How do you add the fractions 2 5/6, 7 5/6, and 4 1/6 together?

1 Answer
Mar 29, 2016

2 5/6+7 5/6+4 1/6=14 5/6

Explanation:

Here we have three fractions 2 5/6, 7 5/6 and 4 1/6, in which denominator is same and is 6.

To add them, we should first convert them into improper fractions.

Hence, 2 5/6+7 5/6+4 1/6=17/6+47/6+25/6

As the denominator is same in all the fractions we can just add them and

2 5/6+7 5/6+4 1/6=17/6+47/6+25/6=(17+47+25)/6=89/6

Now to convert 89/6 to proper fractions divide 89 by 6 and we have 14 as quotient and 5 as remainder. Hence

2 5/6+7 5/6+4 1/6=17/6+47/6+25/6=(17+47+25)/6=89/6=14 5/6