Question

3. Tim has 5/12 of a jar of blackberry jam and 3/8

of a jar of strawberry jam. Write 5/12 and 3/8
using a common denominator.​

Answer 1

The answers are 10/24 and 9/24.

Explanation:

Given:

Tim has 5/12 of a jar of blackberry jam and 3/8 of a jar of strawberry jam.

Now, to write using a common denominator.​

So, we get the multiples of denominator of the fractions to get common denominator:

12 - 12, 24, 36.

8 - 8, 16, 24.

Here we see that 24 is the common denominator.

Now, we multiply the numerator and denominator with the same number to get the common denominator of the fractions:

⇒
`(5)/(12)=(5* 2)/(12* 2) =(10)/(24)`

⇒
`(3)/(8)=(3* 3)/(8* 3) =(9)/(24)`

Therefore, the answers are 10/24 and 9/24.