Question

A fisherman has 2 pails of fish. One is 1/5 full and one is 1/3 full. If he pours all the fish into one pail, how full will the pail be?

Answer 1

The pail would be 8/15 full.

Explanation:

First we convert 1/5 and 1/3 to have the same denominator.

5 and 3 can become 15 when multiplied together.

1/5 = 3/15 and 1/3 = 5/15

Now we add both together.

3/15 + 5/15 = 8/15

So the answer is 8/15.

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