For a class gardening project, 1/8 of Mrs. Jensen's students planted marigolds and 1/2 planted tulips. What fraction of the class planted either marigolds or tulips?
1/8 + 1/2 = 1/8 + 4/8 = ??
For a class gardening project, 1/4 of Mrs. Perry's students planted marigolds and 1/3 planted tulips. What fraction of the class planted either marigolds or tulips?
To find the fraction of the class that planted either marigolds or tulips, we need to add the fractions of students who planted marigolds and tulips.
The fraction of students who planted marigolds is 1/8 and the fraction of students who planted tulips is 1/2.
To find the fraction of the class that planted either marigolds or tulips, we add the fractions:
1/8 + 1/2
To add these fractions, we need a common denominator. In this case, the smallest common multiple of 8 and 2 is 8. So, we need to convert the fractions to have a denominator of 8:
1/8 + 4/8 = 5/8
Therefore, the fraction of Mrs. Jensen's class that planted either marigolds or tulips is 5/8.