Becky eats 1/3 of an apple pie and Joe eats 1/4 of the same pie.
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What type of question is it? Addition? Subtraction?
It helps to convert to decimals.
.33 + .25 = .58 of the pie is eaten. Subtract from 1 to find remainder.
So what is the question?
To find out the total fraction of the apple pie that Becky and Joe ate together, you need to add up the fractions they each ate individually.
Becky ate 1/3 of the pie, which can be written as 1 out of 3 equal parts.
Joe ate 1/4 of the pie, which can be written as 1 out of 4 equal parts.
To add these fractions, you need a common denominator, which is the least common multiple of the denominators 3 and 4, which is 12.
Now, you need to convert the fractions to have the same denominator, 12.
To convert 1/3 to have a denominator of 12, you multiply both the numerator and denominator by 4:
1/3 * 4/4 = 4/12
To convert 1/4 to have a denominator of 12, you multiply both the numerator and denominator by 3:
1/4 * 3/3 = 3/12
Now that both fractions have a common denominator of 12, you can add them together:
4/12 + 3/12 = 7/12
Therefore, Becky and Joe ate a total of 7/12 of the apple pie together.