Question

Mr. Mancuso plants tomatoes on 1/3 acre of land, corn on 3/4 acre, and carrots on 1/2 acre. On how many acres of land total did he plant?

Answer 1

it asks for the total acres of land so you need to add up all three fractions

to do that, you'll need to find the LCD of 1/3, 3/4, and 1/2

so first step is to find the least common multiple of 3, 4, and 2

Answer 2

or you could translate the fractions to decimals and add the acres up

Answer 3

all you need to do is divide the numerator by the denominator.