lee and bee are collecting leaves for an art project lee collects 24/100 of the total number of leaves needed bee collects 4/10 of the total number of leaves needed what fraction of the total number of leaves did they collect alltogether

To find out what fraction of the total number of leaves Lee and Bee collected together, we need to first add their fractions.

Lee collects \( \frac{24}{100} \) of the total leaves, and Bee collects \( \frac{4}{10} \) of the total leaves.

First, we can convert Bee's fraction to a fraction with a denominator of 100 for easier addition:

\[ \frac{4}{10} = \frac{4 \times 10}{10 \times 10} = \frac{40}{100} \]

Now, we can add the two fractions together:

\[ \frac{24}{100} + \frac{40}{100} = \frac{24 + 40}{100} = \frac{64}{100} \]

Next, we can simplify \( \frac{64}{100} \):

\[ \frac{64}{100} = \frac{64 \div 4}{100 \div 4} = \frac{16}{25} \]

Therefore, the fraction of the total number of leaves that Lee and Bee collected together is \( \frac{16}{25} \).