Ned caught 1/3 pound of fish. Sarah caught 5/12 pound of fish. Jessica caught 1/6 pound of fish. Which diagram shows how to find how many pounds of fish they caught altogether.
2/6 2/6 1/6
3/12 5/12 6/12
1/3 5/12 1/6
1/12 5/12 1/12
None of those answers is correct.
Common denominator again.
This time use 12
To find how many pounds of fish they caught altogether, we need to add up the weights of the fish caught by each person.
- Ned caught 1/3 pound of fish.
- Sarah caught 5/12 pound of fish.
- Jessica caught 1/6 pound of fish.
Now we will check which option represents the sums of these weights:
Option 1:
2/6 + 2/6 + 1/6 = 5/6
3/12 + 5/12 + 6/12 = 14/12
1/3 + 5/12 + 1/6 = 14/12
1/12 + 5/12 + 1/12 = 7/12
From the calculations, we can see that option 1 shows the correct sums of the weights of the fish caught by each person. Therefore, option 1 is the correct diagram representing the total weights of fish caught by Ned, Sarah, and Jessica.