Question

Question

Your neighborhood would like to raise funds to update the equipment in the neighborhood park. They hold a bake sale and raise 3/8
of the desired funds and then have a neighborhood yard sale and raise another 1/4
. What is the total fractional amount of the desired funds they have raised

Answer 1

To find the total fractional amount of the desired funds raised from the bake sale and the yard sale, you can add the two fractions together:

1. The amount raised from the bake sale is \( \frac{3}{8} \).
2. The amount raised from the yard sale is \( \frac{1}{4} \).

To add these fractions, we need a common denominator. The denominators are 8 and 4. The least common multiple of 8 and 4 is 8.

Now, we can convert \( \frac{1}{4} \) to a fraction with a denominator of 8:

\[ \frac{1}{4} = \frac{1 \times 2}{4 \times 2} = \frac{2}{8} \]

Now we can add \( \frac{3}{8} \) and \( \frac{2}{8} \):

\[ \frac{3}{8} + \frac{2}{8} = \frac{3 + 2}{8} = \frac{5}{8} \]

Thus, the total fractional amount of the desired funds they have raised is \( \frac{5}{8} \).