Question

Of the shapes shown, 1/3 are circles and 1 1/2 are rectangles. What fraction of the shapes are either circles or rectangles?

Answer 1

Answer: 1 5/6

Explanation:

From the question given, we are told that out of some shapes shown, 1/3 of the shapes are circles and 1 1/2 are rectangles.

The fraction of the shapes that are either circles or rectangles, will be gotten by adding the shapes that are circle to those that are rectangle. This will be:

= 1/3 + 1 1/2

We should make the fraction have a common denominator.

= 2/6 + 1 3/6

= 1 5/6

The answer is 1 5/6.