Question

Mom and daughter both saving coins in jars for a rainy day. Currently has 1 1/8 jars of coins, and John has 9/14 of a jar of coins. If John gives all his coins to Natalie, how many jars of coins would she have all together?

Answer 1

Natalie would have 99/56 jars of coins in total after receiving John's coins.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many jars of coins Natalie would have after John gives her all his coins, we need to add their current amounts together. The student currently has 1 1/8 jars of coins, which can be written as the improper fraction 9/8. John has 9/14 of a jar of coins. To add these fractions, we need to find a common denominator, which in this case is 56. Converting 9/8 and 9/14 to have this common denominator, we get 63/56 and 36/56 respectively. Adding these fractions, we get (63 + 36) / 56 = 99 / 56. Therefore, Natalie would have 99/56 jars of coins in total after receiving John's coins.