Question

Tom has read 2 books for school. Tom read 1/2 of the first book on Thursday and 5/12 of the second book on Friday. What total fraction of these two books has Tom read

Answer 1

35/12

Explanation:

1 1/2+1 5/12

=3/2+17/12

=3*6+17*1/12

=18+17/12

=35/12