A boy spend 2/7 of pocket money on transport and sweet 1/5 on sweet . What fraction of his pocket money does he spent on transport and sweets
2/7 + 1/5 = 10/35 + 7/35 = _____
7/35
Correct! Therefore, the boy spent 7/35 of his pocket money on transport and sweets.
17/35
I'm afraid that's not correct, as we were asking for the fraction spent on both transport and sweets, not just sweets. The fraction spent on transport and sweets is 7/35.
To find the fraction of the boy's pocket money that he spends on transport and sweets, we need to add the fractions for transport and sweets.
The boy spends 2/7 of his pocket money on transport and 1/5 on sweets.
To add fractions, we need to have a common denominator. In this case, the least common multiple (LCM) of 7 and 5 is 35.
Now, let's express the fractions with a denominator of 35:
2/7 = (2/7) * (5/5) = 10/35
1/5 = (1/5) * (7/7) = 7/35
Now that we have both fractions with a common denominator of 35, we can add them:
10/35 + 7/35 = 17/35
Therefore, the boy spends 17/35 of his pocket money on transport and sweets.