Question

Mr. Green washed 3 8 of his laundry. His son washed 1 3 of it. Who washed most of the laundry? How much of the laundry still needs to be washed?

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Mr. Green washed more laundry 2. 7/24 of the laundry still needs to be washed

Step-by-step explanation:

If you find a common denominator you can compare them. I used the common denomiator of 24. Next, you need to change both fractions so that they have the same denominator. To do that we have to multiply both the numerator and denominator of 3/8 by 3. When you do that, you end up with 9/24. Then you have to do the same for 1/3 but this time multiplying the numerator and the denominator by 8. That will leave us with 9/24 and 8/24 which proves that Mr. Green did more laundry.

For the second question, we will need to add the two amounts of laundry already washed and then find out how much remains from there. We can use the fractions that already have a common denominator from the explanation above. Now we have to add 9/24 and 8/24 together. Once we add them together, we will get 17/24 which is how much laundry is already done. Now, we need to take the remaining amount from 17/24 which is 7/24, and that represents how much laundry sitll needs to be washed.

(sorry if this is confusing but I hope it helped!)

Answer 2

Answer:

Mr.Green washed the most laundry with .375 of it done

what remains is .291

Step-by-step explanation:

3/8 or 3 divided by 8 is .375

1/3= .3333 repeating or rounded to .334

.375+.334= .709

1.000 - .709= .291

hopes this helps