Question

jamal completed his math homework in 2/3 of an hour and his reading homework in 3/5 of an hour. How much time did it take him to complete his math and reading homework in all?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation: We have to add how much time it took him to do all of his homework. To do this, we have to add 2/3 and 3/5.

First, we have to find a LCM between 3 and 5.

The LCM between those numbers are 15.

Next we find out what number to multiply 3 by to get 15, we multiply it by 5.

2 * 5 = 10

3 * 5 = 15

Next we find out what number to multiply 5 by to get 15, we multiply it by 3.

3 * 3 = 9

5 * 3 = 15

10/15+9/15=19/15

We are left off with 1 4/15

So it took him 1 hour and 4/15 minutes to do his homework.