Mathematics
Grade5
Easy

Question

Nancy finished 1 third of her homework on Monday and 1 fourthof her homework on Tuesday. Find the total homework done by Nancy.

  1. 2 over 7
  2. 12 over 7
  3. 7 over 12
  4. 8 over 9

hintHint:

In this question it is given that Nancy finished 1 third of her homework on Monday and 1 fourthof her homework on Tuesday. In order to find the total work done by Nancy we need to add these fraction.

The correct answer is: 7 over 12


    Step1: First we will write all the fractions and then we will write the denominator and then we will use prime factorization method to add the fraction.
    Fractions are :1 third and 1 fourth.
    In this question the denominators are 3 and 4.
    Factors of 3 are:3 to the power of 1
    Factors of 4 are:2 squared
    Step2:  For calculating the LCM we will multiply the factors by considering the common factors only one time with the highest exponent.
    In this case there is no common factor so we have to multiply all the factors.
    LCM (3,4) = 2 squared cross times 3 to the power of 1
    LCM (3,4) = 12
    Step3: Now what we do is divide the LCM by each denominator and multiply the numerator by quotient and then add them
    So, 12 over 3 equals 4
    and 12 over 4 equals 3
    So, we will multiply the numerator of 3 by 4 and numerator of 4 by 3.
    fraction numerator 1 cross times 4 plus 1 cross times 3 over denominator 12 end fraction equals 7 over 12

    So, The total work done by Nancy is sum of :1 third and 1 fourth is 7 over 12.

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