Your neighborhood would like to raise funds to update the equipment in the neighborhood park. They hold a bake sale and raise 3/8 of the desired funds and then have a neighborhood yard sale and raise another 1/4 what is the total fractional amount of the desired funds they have raised

Question

Your neighborhood would like to raise funds to update the equipment in the neighborhood park. They hold a bake sale and raise 3/8 of the desired funds and then have a neighborhood yard sale and raise another 1/4 what is the total fractional amount of the desired funds they have raised

Answer 1

To find the total fractional amount of the desired funds they have raised, we need to add 3/8 and 1/4.

First, let's find a common denominator for 8 and 4, which is 8.

To convert 1/4 into eighths, we multiply the numerator and denominator by 2:
1/4 * 2/2 = 2/8.

Now, we can add the fractions:
3/8 + 2/8 = 5/8.

So, the total fractional amount of the desired funds they have raised is 5/8.