Question

Camille found the sum of 3 4 and 5 8 by following these steps: Step 1: The least common denominator is 8. Step 2: 3 4 + 5 8 = 7 8 + 5 8 Step 3: 7 8 + 5 8 = 12 8 Step 4: 12 8 = 1 4 8 = 1 1 2 Determine whether Camille's work is correct. If not, which step has an error?

Answer 1

Step 2 is incorrect because the new numerator shouldn’t be 7. The correct numerator should be 6 because 3 times 2 is 6. I hope this helped