Ned caught 1/3 pound of fish. Sarah caught 5/12 pound of fish . Jessica caught 1/6 pound of fish. How much fish did all three of them catch?
1/3 = 8/24
5/12 = 10/24
1/6 = 4/24
Add the fractions and simplify.
To find the total amount of fish that Ned, Sarah, and Jessica caught, we need to add up the individual amounts of fish they caught.
Ned caught 1/3 pound of fish.
Sarah caught 5/12 pound of fish.
Jessica caught 1/6 pound of fish.
To add fractions with different denominators, we need to find a common denominator. In this case, the least common multiple (LCM) of 3, 12, and 6 is 12.
Now let's convert all the fractions to have a denominator of 12:
Ned caught (1/3) * (4/4) = 4/12 pound of fish.
Sarah caught (5/12) * (1/1) = 5/12 pound of fish.
Jessica caught (1/6) * (2/2) = 2/12 pound of fish.
Now we can add up the amounts of fish they caught:
4/12 + 5/12 + 2/12 = (4 + 5 + 2) / 12 = 11/12 pound of fish.
Therefore, the total amount of fish that all three of them caught is 11/12 pound.