Someone measures the width of one Cardboard Strip as 1/2 yard a second cardboard strip measures 5/6 yards in Width estimate the combine width of the cardboard Strip
To estimate the combined width of the two cardboard strips, you need to add their individual widths.
The first cardboard strip measures 1/2 yard in width.
The second cardboard strip measures 5/6 yards in width.
To add fractions, the denominators (the bottom numbers) of the fractions need to be the same. In this case, the denominators are already different, so you need to find a common denominator before adding them.
The common denominator for 2 and 6 is 6. To convert 1/2 to a fraction with a denominator of 6, you can multiply both the numerator and denominator by 3:
1/2 * 3/3 = 3/6
Now that both fractions have a denominator of 6, you can add them:
3/6 + 5/6 = 8/6
The sum of the fractions 3/6 and 5/6 is 8/6. However, this fraction is in an improper form (the numerator is larger than the denominator), so you need to simplify it.
8 divided by 6 equals 1 and a remainder of 2, so the fraction 8/6 can be simplified to 1 2/6.
To further simplify, you can divide both the numerator and denominator of 2/6 by 2:
2/6 * 1/2 = 2/12
Thus, the final simplified fraction is 1 2/12.
Now, to answer the question, the combined width of the two cardboard strips is 1 2/12 yards.