Question

Tina loves to read. Before breakfast, she read 21/2 pages, at lunch she read 31⁄5 pages, and after dinner she read 11⁄3 pages. How much did Tina read in total?

Answer 1

Answer: 7 1/30

Explanation:

Tina loves to read. Before breakfast, she read 2 1/2 pages, at lunch she read 3 1/5 pages, and after dinner she read 1 1/3 pages. To find the total, we add all the pages together. This will be:

2 1/2 + 3 1/5 + 1 1/3

The LCM of 2, 5 and 3 is 30.

= 2 15/30 + 3 6/30 + 1 10/30

= 6 31/30

= 7 1/30.