what is the total distance covered by Amy?

Question

Amy covers 3 2/7 miles by walking and 1 4/7 miles by jogging.Find the total distance covered by Amy

Answer 1

Hello there, "Biz!" It looks like for this question we are just adding two fractions together. Luckily, they have the same denominator (bottom number)! That makes it a lot easier. 

 

3 2/7

1 4/7

 

Because we have whole numbers, too, let's add those together first. 

 

3 + 1 = 4

 

Ok, let's set that 4 aside for now. Next we have to deal with the actual fraction part. 

 

2/7 + 4/7

 

When two fractions have the same denominator, it's super easy to add them. We just add the numerators (top numbers) together, just like normal, and leave the denominator alone!

 

2/7 + 4/7 = 6/7

 

See? That wasn't so bad. Now, let's remember that 4 we got before and add that back in!

 

4 6/7

 

There we go! We got it! I hope this was helpful, "Biz!"

Answer 2

Hi

 

We put each fraction as an improper fraction

 

7 * 3 = 21 then 21 + 3 = 24 so we put 24/7 to be equal to 3 and 2/7

 

7 * 1 = 7 then 7 + 4 = 11 so we put 11/7 to be equal to 1 and 4/7

 

Then we add 24 and 11 to get 35 and put that over 7 to get 35/7.

 

35/7 = 5, therefore the total distance covered by Amy is 5 miles

 

Keith Messmer