A student has \(\frac{1}{3}\) of clay, and another student has \(\frac{5}{8}\) of clay. What do you do if you have to divide it?

so basically this qestion is asking you to add 1/3 and 5/8 together and divide the result by 2 so first get the denomenator (bottom number ) the same 1/3=8/24 5/8=15/24 8/24+15/24=23/24 divide this by 2 and get 23/48 of clay

Answered by apologiabiology | 2024-06-10

To combine 3 1 ​ and 8 5 ​ , first convert both fractions to have a common denominator of 24. The total is 24 23 ​ , and when divided equally between two students, each receives 48 23 ​ .
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Answered by apologiabiology | 2024-12-26