Question

Lee and Maya are collecting leaves for an art project. Lee collect 24/100 of the tiral number of leaves needed. Maya collects 4/10 of the total number of leaves needed. What fraction of tge total number of leaves did they collect altogether?

Answer 1

The fraction of the total number of leaves did they collect altogether is
`(16)/(25)`

Explanation:

This question can be solved by a sum of fractions.

Lee collect 24/100 of the tiral number of leaves needed.

Maya collects 4/10 of the total number of leaves needed.

What fraction of the total number of leaves did they collect altogether?

This is the sum of 24/100 and 4/10.

The lesser common multiple between 100 and 10 is 100. So

`(24)/(100) + (4)/(10) = (24 + 10*4)/(1001) = (64)/(100)`

We can simplify by four

The fraction of the total number of leaves did they collect altogether is
`(16)/(25)`