All SSAT Upper Level Math Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #9 : How To Add Fractions
On a certain game show, the audience is polled. of the audience enjoys playing football, and of the audience enjoys playing basketball. What fraction of the audience enjoys playing football and basketball?
Add the fractions together. In order to do so, you will need to convert so that it shares the same denominator as .
Now, add the fractions.
Example Question #11 : How To Add Fractions
Solve,
Since the denominators for the fractions are the same, keep the denominator and add the numerators.
Example Question #1312 : Ssat Upper Level Quantitative (Math)
On a given week, Jeremy spends of his time working on homework and of his time doing chores. What fraction of his time is spent doing homework and doing chores?
To find how much time Jeremy spends doing his homework and his chores, add together and .
First, convert both fractions so that they have the same denominator.
Now, you can add the fractions together.
Example Question #12 : How To Add Fractions
Solve,
In order to add the fractions, you need to first find a common denominator. For and , the least common denominator is .
Then,
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