Question

Claire and her partner, Grace are throwing the javelin event as a team. Claire threw the javelin 42 5/8 feet and Grace threw it 39 3/5 Feet. How far did they throw as a team?

Answer 1

82 ft.

Explanation:

First things first you need the least common denominator which would be 40. Whatever is done to the bottom is done to the top so we have our new fractions 42 25/40 and 39 15/40. 39 + 42 = 81, 25 + 15 = 40, so it’s 81 40/40 which = 82 because any number over itself is 1.

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Answer 2

You can add the fractions separately, since converting both numbers to fractions are huge. 42+39=81, and 5/8 + 3/5= 25/40+24/40=49/40=1 9/40, so the total is 82 9/40