MEDALS WON BY THE OLYMPIC US IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES.
TOTAL=2407 GOLD=974 SILVER=772 BRONZE=661
FRACTION FOR GOLD IS 974 OVER 2407
FRACTION FOR SILVER AND BRONZE PUT TOGETHER IS 1433 OVER 2407
HERE IS THE QUESTON!!!
LOOK AT THE FRACTON ABOVE. WHAT IS THEIR SUM AND HOW CAN YOU USE THEIR SUM TO CHECK THAT THE FRACTIONS ABOVE ARE CORRECT???
974 / 2407 + 1433 / 2407 = 2407/2407
BUT HOW CAN YOU USE THEIR SUM TO CHECK THAT THE FRACTIONS ABOVER ARE CORRECT????
The two fractions, added together, equal the whole or 1.
To find the sum of the fractions, you need to add the fractions together. In this case, you would add the fraction for gold (974/2407) with the fraction for silver and bronze combined (1433/2407).
To add fractions, the denominators (the numbers on the bottom) must be the same. In this case, the denominators are already the same, so you can simply add the numerators (the numbers on the top) together.
The sum of the fractions would be:
974/2407 + 1433/2407 = (974 + 1433) / 2407 = 2407/2407
When you simplify 2407/2407, you get 1, which means the sum of the fractions equals 1.
Now, to check if the fractions above are correct, we can compare their sum to 1.
Since the sum of the fractions is equal to 1, it confirms that the fractions are correct.