Question

mike is mixing paint for his walls he mixes 1/6 gallon blue paint and 5/8 gallon green paint in a large container. what fraction represents the total amount of paint mike mixes

Answer 1

38/48 gallons of paint

Explanation:

Find a common multiple of the denominators 6 and 8. Let's stick with 6*8 since we know it will work.

6*8=48

Now, convert each fraction to a denominator of 48.

30/48 and 8/48

Now, just add them together.

30+8 = 38

The answer is 38/48 gallons of paint.

Answer 2

There is 19/24 gallons of paint

Explanation:

We need to know how much paint there is, so we add

1/6 + 5/8

The common denominator is 24

1/6*4/4 = 4/24

5/8*3/3 = 15/24

4/24 + 15/24

19/24

There is 19/24 gallons of paint