Question

evaluate 2/9 plus 1/6

Answer 1

Hello! How do you think you might start this question?

Answer 2

(It's okay if you have no idea!)

Answer 3

I haven't done this for 4 years and I need some refreshing

Answer 4

Okay, no problem!
To add up fractions, you need to make sure the denominators are the same (that's the bits on the bottom, so 9 and 6 in this case).

Answer 5

ok so 3 would be the best denominator

Answer 6

Well, you're on the right lines :) Actually we need a multiple of 6 and 9, rather than a divisor of 6 and 9.

Answer 7

ok so 18 goes into 6 3x and 2x into 9

Answer 8

Perfect!

Answer 9

So now we need to turn 2/9 into ???/18. What do you think that "???" bit might be?

Answer 10

9-2= 7???

Answer 11

Um, not quite. Maybe this picture will help:

Answer 12

Here I've taken a pizza and divided it into 9 slices, then I've coloured 2 slices: