Keith had a bag of orange's to sell.On Monday he sold 1/4of his orange's.On Tuesday he sold 3/8 of his oranges.what fraction of his oranges was sold on Monday and Tuesday?
2/8 + 3/8 = ?
I don't know how to start this please help me!
This site shows how to add fractions. Note that I've already set the problem up, using a common denominator.
http://www.mathsisfun.com/fractions_addition.html
To find the fraction of oranges sold on Monday and Tuesday, we need to add the fractions together.
On Monday, Keith sold 1/4 of his oranges.
On Tuesday, Keith sold 3/8 of his oranges.
To add these fractions, we need to find a common denominator. The least common multiple (LCM) of 4 and 8 is 8.
1/4 is equivalent to 2/8 (multiply the numerator and denominator by 2).
3/8 remains the same.
Now, we can add the fractions:
2/8 + 3/8 = 5/8
Therefore, Keith sold 5/8 of his oranges on Monday and Tuesday.