Question

Tristan's pen is 2/3 foot long. His pencil is 5/12 foot long. In feet , what is the conbined length of the pen and pencil

Answer 1

13/12 or 1 1/12

Explanation:

First you change 2/3 to 8/12 by multiply both the numerator and denominator by 4. Then, you add the numerators but DO NOT change the denominators. Therefore, your answer is 13/12 which = 1 1/12.

Answer 2

The unsimplified answer is 40/12ft long.