Question

Convert each fraction to its equivalent using the least common denominator.
1/3 1/4

Answer 1

I am, honestly, slightly confused by the question wording, so here is what I think you need! :D

We can start by listing multiplies for each:

3:

3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, etc

4:

4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, etct

We can see that the least common denominator will be 12.

Answer:

`(1)/(3)=(x)/(12)=(4)/(12)`

`(1)/(4) =(x)/(12) =(3)/(12)`

If you need to multiply them:

`(4)/(12) *(3)/(12) = (12)/(144) = (1)/(12)`

But you do not need to use a least common denominator for multiplying and can go straight to this:

`(1)/(3) *(1)/(4) =(1)/(12)`

Hope this helps, have a nice day!