Question

I have 10 sweets. My brother ate 3 sweets and I ate 4. What fraction of my sweets did we eat altogether? (Think about: what is the total number of sweets and how many did we eat.)

Answer 1

7/10 (seven tenth)

Explanation:

If 7 out of 10 sweets were eaten, then 7/10 of the sweets are gone.

Basically the way you do it, is add the amount of sweets you two ate together, which is 3 + 4 = 7 and there are 10 sweets in all, that's 7/10 of the sweets eaten all together.

Answer 2

7/10

Explanation:

If you have 10 sweets

Your brother eats 3

You eat 4

3 + 4 = 7

7 out of ten = 7/10

So therefore the answer is 7/10