Answer:
5.4
Explanation:
Conversion a mixed number 3 2/
5
to a improper fraction: 3 2/5 = 3 2/
5
= 3 · 5 + 2/
5
= 15 + 2/
5
= 17/
5
To find a new numerator:
a) Multiply the whole number 3 by the denominator 5. Whole number 3 equally 3 * 5/
5
= 15/
5
b) Add the answer from previous step 15 to the numerator 2. New numerator is 15 + 2 = 17
c) Write a previous answer (new numerator 17) over the denominator 5.
Three and two fifths is seventeen fifths
Conversion a mixed number 5 1/
4
to a improper fraction: 5 1/4 = 5 1/
4
= 5 · 4 + 1/
4
= 20 + 1/
4
= 21/
4
To find a new numerator:
a) Multiply the whole number 5 by the denominator 4. Whole number 5 equally 5 * 4/
4
= 20/
4
b) Add the answer from previous step 20 to the numerator 1. New numerator is 20 + 1 = 21
c) Write a previous answer (new numerator 21) over the denominator 4.
Five and one quarter is twenty-one quarters
Add: 17/
5
+ 21/
4
= 17 · 4/
5 · 4
+ 21 · 5/
4 · 5
= 68/
20
+ 105/
20
= 68 + 105/
20
= 173/
20
It is suitable to adjust both fractions to a common (equal, identical) denominator for adding, subtracting, and comparing fractions. The common denominator you can calculate as the least common multiple of both denominators - LCM(5, 4) = 20. In practice, it is enough to find the common denominator (not necessarily the lowest) by multiplying the denominators: 5 × 4 = 20. In the following intermediate step, it cannot further simplify the fraction result by canceling.
In other words - seventeen fifths plus twenty-one quarters is one hundred seventy-three twentieths.