Question

Maria claims that any fraction located between 1/4 and 1/8 on a number line must have a denominator of 12. Enter a fraction that shows Maria's claim is incorrect.

Answer 1

LCM is 16

Explanation:

2/3 - 1/2

There's something called whole fraction whereby the fractions should be multiplied to get the LCM 6

Here We Go!

2/2*2/3 - 3/3*1/2

The denominators are 2 and 3 and when multiplied. The above fraction will still give you the LCM to be 6