Question

Aldo made a shirt using 1/5 meters of yellow fabric and 2/3 meters of red fabric. How many meters of fabric did he use in all? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

Answer 1

Aldo's shirt was made of 13/15 meters of fabric.

Explanation:

We need to add these fractions. However, in order to do so, we need to find the LCM, which in this case, is 15.

1/5 + 2/3 =

3/15 + 10/15 =

13/15

This fraction is also written in simplest form. Therefore, Aldo's shirt was made of 13/15 meters of fabric.

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