Jody mows 1/8 of a lawn. He also mows another 1/3 and 1/6 of the lawn. What part of the lawn does he still have to mow?
1/8 + 1/3 + 1/6=
6/24+8/24 + 4/24=
18/24=3/4 has been mowed
To find out what part of the lawn Jody still has to mow, we need to subtract the portions he has already mowed from the total area of the lawn.
Jody mows 1/8 + 1/3 + 1/6 of the lawn, which is equal to (3/24) + (8/24) + (4/24) = 15/24.
Now let's convert this into simplified form. Both the numerator and denominator in 15/24 can be divided by 3, giving us 5/8.
Therefore, Jody has already mowed 5/8 of the lawn.
To find out the remaining part, we subtract the portion already mowed from the whole lawn: 1 - 5/8.
To make the subtraction simpler, we need a common denominator. The least common multiple (LCM) of 8 is 8 itself. So, 1 can be written as 8/8.
Now we can subtract: (8/8) - (5/8) = 3/8.
Therefore, Jody still has to mow 3/8 of the lawn.