Question

Kim works on Social Studies homework for 2 2/5 h.
Then she works on Math homework for 1 1/4 h. How
many hours total does Kim spend doing homework?

Answer 1

I will give you an example of a similar problem, and you tell me what to do in your case.

Answer 2

`Question`:
Bob and Sam are gathering apples together, to make a jam for a New Year celebration.
Bob gathered 46 apples, and Sam gathered 51 apples. How many apples do they have for the New Year celebration altogether?

`Solution:`
Sam has 46 apples, and Bob has 51 apples, so together they will have
( `46+51` ) apples.

`Answer`:They have 97 apples altogether.

Answer 3

Can you tell me what to do in your (similar to my example's) situation?

Answer 4

can you help me with my problem i dont understand

Answer 5

Kim spent \(\large\color{slate}{ 2\frac{\LARGE 2 }{\LARGE 5} }\) hours on Social Studies, and \(\large\color{slate}{ 1\frac{\LARGE 1 }{\LARGE 4} }\) hours on Math.

So how many hours would he spend on `Social Studies` and `Math` together ?

Answer 6

still lost?

Answer 7

3 3/9

Answer 8

it seems as though you have the answer options that you haven't posted and trying to eliminate the answer until I say "yes".

Answer 9

oh I see what you did

Answer 10

you are correct that you have to add the hours, but you added incorrectly.

Answer 11

\(\large\color{slate}{ 2\frac{\LARGE 2 }{\LARGE 5} +1\frac{\LARGE 1 }{\LARGE 4} }\) this si what you need to calculate.

Answer 12

I will simplify it a bit for you:
\(\large\color{slate}{ 2\frac{\LARGE 2 }{\LARGE 5} +1\frac{\LARGE 1 }{\LARGE 4} }\)

\(\large\color{slate}{ 2+\frac{\LARGE 2 }{\LARGE 5} +1+\frac{\LARGE 1 }{\LARGE 4} }\)

\(\large\color{slate}{ 2+1+\frac{\LARGE 2 }{\LARGE 5} +\frac{\LARGE 1 }{\LARGE 4} }\)

\(\large\color{slate}{ 3+\frac{\LARGE 2 }{\LARGE 5} +\frac{\LARGE 1 }{\LARGE 4} }\)

Answer 13

then you need to find the common denominator, not to just add tops and bottoms.

Answer 14

\[\frac{ a }{ b }+\frac{c} { d }=\frac{ ad+bc }{ bd }\]

Answer 15

how i find commom denominator

Answer 16

yes, use what Fallontine posted.

Answer 17

Add them both together to find the answer😃

Answer 18

what i have to add together

Answer 19

the `hours spent on Social studies` and the `hours spent on Math`

Answer 20

\(\large\color{blue}{ 2\frac{\LARGE 2 }{\LARGE 5} +1\frac{\LARGE 1 }{\LARGE 4} }\) like this.

Answer 21

can you first add, \(\large\color{blue}{ \frac{\LARGE 2 }{\LARGE 5} +\frac{\LARGE 1 }{\LARGE 4} }\) ?

Answer 22

3/9

Answer 23

oh you are not adding the top and bottoms. this is what you need to do:


Steps to add \(\large\color{green}{ \frac{\LARGE 2 }{\LARGE 5} +\frac{\LARGE 1 }{\LARGE 4} }\)

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`1)` multiply the top and the bottom of first fraction by one number
and multiply the top and bottom of the second fraction by another number

So that the fractions are equivalent.
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`2)` (after multiplying as directed in step 1) ADD the tops of the fractions together,
while leaving the bottom the way it is, and DO NOT add the bottoms together.
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`3)` if there is a number by which you can divide the top and bottom of a new (formed from addition) fraction, then do so.