Question

Hoping to be named Salesperson of the Month, Luther called the names from 1/4 of a page of the phone book last week. This week, he called the people listed on another 1/2 of a page of the same phone book. How many pages worth of people did Luther call in all?

Answer 1

3/4

Explanation:

Fraction of names called last week = 1/4 of a page

Fraction called this week = 1/2 of a page

The number of pages worth of people called ;

This is an addition problem, as the total will be the sum. Of the fractions called this week and last week

Hence,

Total page worth of names called :

(1/4 + 1/2) = (1 + 2) / 4 = 3/4