Question

Kim loves to read. She reads at least one book every week. On Monday, Kim read 1/ 4 of her new book. On Tuesday, she read 1/ 5 of the same book. About how much of the book has Kim read?

Answer 1

1/2

Explanation:

Answer 2

Explanation:

Respectively we will say the book has One thousand pages (1000) . Now we find 1/4 of a 1000 which is 250 , then we find 1/5 of a 1000 which is 200. Now we add them together which is 250+200=450 . 450 / 1000 = 9/20 which is about a half