Question

5. Natalie has a pound bag of 1/8 pound bag of gummy worms, a 1/2 pound bag of twizzlers, and a 2/3 pound bag of chocolate. How many pounds of candy does Natalie have in all? ​

Answer 1

Explanation:

1. Add all the different candies together

1/8 + 1/2 + 2/3=

2. Find the lowest common multiple of all the denominators

All the denominators can evenly multiply to 24 so 24 is the Lowest Common Denominator.

3. Multiply to make all the denominators 24

8x3=24 2x12=24 3x8=24

4. Whatever you did to the denominators, do the same thing to the numerators of that specific denominator.

1x3/8x3 1x12/2x12 2x8/3x8

5. Now that the denominators are the same for all the fractions, add all the numerators together.

3/24 + 12/24 + 16/24

3+12+16= 31

ANSWER: Natalie had 31/24 pounds of candy in all

Note: The decimal form is 1.292 pounds