Your neighborhood would like to raise funds to update the equipment in the neighborhood park. They hold a bake sale and raise 3/8 of the desired funds and then have a neighborhood yard sale and raise another 1/4 . What is the total fractional amount of the desired funds they have raised?(1 point)
Responses
1/3
5/8
1/8
1/2
The total fractional amount of the desired funds they have raised is 3/8 + 1/4 = 6/16 + 4/16 = 10/16 = 5/8.
Therefore, the correct answer is 5/8.
The neighborhood raised 3/8 of the desired funds from the bake sale and another 1/4 from the yard sale. To find the total fractional amount of the desired funds they have raised, we need to add these fractions together.
3/8 + 1/4 = 6/16 + 4/16 = 10/16
Therefore, the total fractional amount of the desired funds they have raised is 10/16.
However, we can simplify this fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2.
10/16 = (10 ÷ 2)/(16 ÷ 2) = 5/8
So, the total fractional amount of the desired funds they have raised is 5/8.
Therefore, the correct answer is 5/8.
To find the total fractional amount of the desired funds raised, you need to add the fractions representing the funds raised from the bake sale and the yard sale.
The funds raised from the bake sale are represented by 3/8, and the funds raised from the yard sale are represented by 1/4.
To add these two fractions, you need to find a common denominator. The least common multiple of 8 and 4 is 8, so you can rewrite the fractions with the common denominator of 8.
3/8 can be rewritten as (3/8)*(2/2) = 6/16
1/4 can be rewritten as (1/4)*(2/2) = 2/8
Now you can add the fractions:
6/16 + 2/8 = (6 + 2)/16 = 8/16
The fraction 8/16 can be simplified by dividing the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor (which is 8):
8/16 = (8/8)/(16/8) = 1/2
Therefore, the total fractional amount of the desired funds they have raised is 1/2.