How do you simplify #2/5 * 2/3 +1/5 div 2/3#?

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Answer 1 · 2015-04-17T23:17:33

#2/5*2/3 + 1/5-:2/3#

#=4/15+1/5*3/2#

#=4/15+3/10#

Now ask yourself the question, what do 15 and 10 both fit into?

*The answer is 30. So let's transform the denominators of these fractions into 30.

#=4/15*1+3/10*1#

#=4/15*2/2+3/10*3/3#

#=8/30+9/30#

#=17/30#