Question

the smith family tooka car trip. they traveled 1/2 the distance from san Antonio to Austin on Monday and 3/12 the distance on Tuesday. what fraction of the distance between san Antonio and Austin did the Smith family travel o. Monday and Tuesday?

Answer 1

They are 3/4 of the way to Austin.

Answer 2

3/4 of the distance.
This is because first, you need to add both and to add both you need to have a common denominator to add so 1/2 =6/12 and 6/12+3/12 is 9/12. If you simplify 9/12 you get 3/4.