Sorry I am having so many questions about math! It is just because I got moved up a grade for summer math, and it is challenging. But i can do some by myself. So this is my question.
Miguel made a shirt using 1/3 yards of green fabric and 3/8 yards of yellow fabric. How many yards of fabric did he use in all?
Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.
It is pretty easy I think, but just to check, do you do 1/3 + 3/8?
Yes, you are good to go
Just find your common denominator, etc
Wait, is it 17/24??????
yes, good job
Yes, to find the total amount of fabric Miguel used, you need to add the lengths of the green fabric and the yellow fabric. So, you would indeed add 1/3 and 3/8. However, before you can add these fractions, you need to find a common denominator.
To find a common denominator, you need to find the least common multiple (LCM) of the denominators, which in this case are 3 and 8. The LCM of 3 and 8 is 24.
After finding the common denominator, you can convert the fractions so that they have the same denominator. To convert 1/3, you need to multiply both the numerator and the denominator by 8. This gives you 8/24.
To convert 3/8, you need to multiply both the numerator and the denominator by 3. This gives you 9/24.
Now that the fractions have the same denominator, you can add them together. 8/24 + 9/24 equals 17/24.
Therefore, Miguel used a total of 17/24 yards of fabric in all.