Question

Express the fractions 3/4, 7/16, and 5/8 with the LCD.

Answer 1

LCD is the least common multiple that goes into the denominators of each fraction.

Answer 2

\(\sf \dfrac{3}{\color{red}4}, \dfrac{7}{\color{red}{16}}, \dfrac{5}{\color{red}{8}}\)

4, 16 , 8

Find the multiples:

4:

4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24

16:

16, 32, 48, 64, 80

8:

8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48

Answer 3

@hayez

Answer 4

What's the smallest number that all 3 of them have?

Answer 5

3/4, 7/16, and 5/8
3/4*4/4=12/16
7/16 stays the same
5/8*2/2=10/16
Your LCD= 16