Question

1/4 plus 1/6 in simplest terms

Answer 1

Answer:

1/4 + 1/6 = 5/12 ≅ 0.4166667

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Add 1/4+1/6=1*3/4*3+1*2/6*2=3/12+2/12=3+2/12=5/12

For adding, subtracting, and comparing fractions, it is suitable to adjust both fractions to a common (equal, identical) denominator. The common denominator you can calculate as the least common multiple of both denominators - LCM(4, 6) = 12. In practice, it is enough to find the common denominator (not necessarily the lowest) by multiplying the denominators: 4 × 6 = 24. In the following intermediate step, it cannot further simplify the fraction result by canceling.

In other words - one quarter plus one sixth = five twelfths.

Answer 2

Answer:

$\frac{5}{12}$

Step-by-step explanation:

$\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{6}\\\\=\frac{3}{12}+\frac{2}{12}\\\\=\frac{5}{12}$