Question

The mailman is delivering mail. He delivered 45/100 of the mail in the morning and 2/10 of the mail in the early afternoon. How much mail did the mailman deliver so far? What are you being asked to find? What is the important informati in the question? Mail delivered in the morning Mail delivered in early afternoon Show your work using any strategy you choose:​

Answer 1

So when adding fractions you need the same denominator so I chose to make 2/10 into the 100 denominator so you multiply 2/10 by 10/10 and you get 20/100 so you then add 45/100 + 20/100 and you get 65/100