Question

Express the fractions 1/2, 3/16, and 7/8 with an LCD.

Answer 1

LCD stands for the least common denominator.
The least common multiple of the denominators can be calculated as follows;
denominators are 2,16 and 8
divide all by 2 2/2 = 1 16/2 = 8 8/2 = 4
Divide by 2 1 8/2 = 4 4/2 = 2
Divide by 2 1 4/2 = 2 2/2 = 1
Divide by 2 1 2/2 = 1 1
multiply - 2x2x2x2 = 16
16 is the least common multiple of 2,16 and 18

`(1)/(2)` multiply both by 8 -
`(8)/(16)`

`(3)/(16)` as it is

`(7)/(8)` multiply both by 2 -
`(14)/(16)`
answer is 8/16,3/16,14/16