Each band member had 12 tickets to sell, Jamie sold 9 of his tickets Matt sold 6 of his tickets. Using fractions find the total number of tickets sold by Jamie & Matt
I don't see where you need to use fractions to find the total.
9 + 6 = 15
I have to tell the answer in terms of fractions. My doubt is whether it is 9/12 + 6/12 = 15/12 or 15/24 ?
9/24 + 6/24 = 15/24
The question doesn't state that the answer must be a fraction. PsyDAG is right. Together they sold 15 tickets.
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To find the total number of tickets sold by Jamie and Matt, we can add the number of tickets each of them have sold.
Jamie sold 9 out of his 12 tickets, so we can represent this as a fraction: 9/12.
Matt sold 6 out of his 12 tickets, so we can represent this as a fraction: 6/12.
To find the total number of tickets sold, we add these fractions together: 9/12 + 6/12.
When adding fractions, we need to ensure that the denominators (the bottom numbers) are the same. In this case, the denominators are already the same, so we can simply add the numerators (the top numbers) together: 9 + 6 = 15.
The total number of tickets sold by Jamie and Matt is 15 tickets out of 12 tickets available.
However, it is important to note that the fraction 15/12 can be simplified. The greatest common divisor of 15 and 12 is 3. By dividing both the numerator and denominator by 3, we get the simplified fraction 5/4.
So the total number of tickets sold by Jamie and Matt, expressed as a simplified fraction, is 5/4.