Question

How do you evaluate `5\frac { 1} { 6} + \frac { 1} { 3} + \frac { 1} { 6}`?

Answer 1

`17/3`

Explanation:

We can easily changed the mixed number to an improper fraction, thus we have:

`31/6+1/3+1/6`

We can get `1/3` to have a common denominator of `6` by multiplying the top and bottom by `2`. We get:

`31/6+2/6+1/6`

Since we have common denominators, we just add the numerators to get:

`34/6`

We can divide the top and bottom by `2` to get the fraction in its simplest form:

`17/3`

Hope this helps!