Question

Billy looks throught a holiday broshure at holiday in Spain, Greece , Iraku and the Uk.1/3 of the holiday in Spain1/6 in Greece1/8 in ItalyWhat fraction of the holiday advertised are in the uk

Answer 1

Step1

Add all the given fractions:

`\begin{gathered} (1)/(3)\text{ + }(1)/(6)\text{ + }(1)/(8) \\ \\ (16+8+6)/(48) \\ \\ (30)/(48) \\ \\ (15)/(24) \end{gathered}`

Step 2

Subtract 15/24 from 1 to find the holiday advertised are in the uk

`\begin{gathered} 1\text{ - }(15)/(24) \\ \\ =\text{ }(9)/(24) \\ \\ =(3)/(8) \\ \end{gathered}`