Question

Fill in the missing fraction: Do not reduce your answer. What is 10/12 plus blank equals 16/12​

Answer 1

The missing fraction is 6/12

(you can further simplify this but the question requires that you don't do that)

Explanation:

To add fractions easily, their denominators should have the same value, so the denominator should be 12,

Then, to get 16 in the numerator, we need to find a number that on adding to 10, gives 16, or,

10 + x = 16

x = 16 - 10

x = 6

So, the numerator should be 6

so we get the fraction, 6/12

We can also solve it in an alternate way,

`10/12 + x = 16/12\\x = 16/12 - 10/12\\x = (16-10)/12\\x = 6/12`