Ned caught 1/3 pound of fish. Sarah caught 5/12 pound of fish. Jessica caught 1/6 pound of fish. Which diagram shows how to find how many pounds of fish they caught altogether.
2/6 2/6 1/6
3/12 5/12 6/12
1/3 5/12 1/6
1/12 5/12 1/12
Maya,
I have already answered this
4/12 5/12 2/12
NONE of those work
Both Damon and I told you that none of these is correct!
2/6 2/6 1/6
To find out how many pounds of fish they caught altogether, we need to add up the fractions. Let's first find a common denominator for the fractions, which is 12.
1/3 can be converted to 4/12 because if you multiply both the numerator and the denominator of 1/3 by 4, you get 4/12.
5/12 remains the same.
1/6 can be converted to 2/12 because if you multiply both the numerator and denominator of 1/6 by 2, you get 2/12.
Now we can add up the fractions:
4/12 + 5/12 + 2/12 = 11/12
So, together they caught 11/12 of a pound of fish.
Looking at the given diagrams, we can see that the second diagram shows the correct fractions:
3/12 (which is 1/4),
5/12,
and 2/12 (which is 1/6).
Therefore, the second diagram represents how many pounds of fish they caught altogether.