Of the houses in Isabella's neighbourhood, 1/4 are white and another 3/8 are orange. What fraction of the houses are either white or orange?
Question
Of the houses in Isabella's neighbourhood, 1/4 are white and another 3/8 are orange. What fraction of the houses are either white or orange?
Solution
To find the fraction of houses that are either white or orange, you simply add the fraction of white houses to the fraction of orange houses.
The fraction of white houses is 1/4 and the fraction of orange houses is 3/8.
So, you add 1/4 and 3/8 together.
To add these fractions, you need to have the same denominator. The least common denominator between 4 and 8 is 8.
1/4 is equivalent to 2/8 when you have the same denominator.
So, now you add 2/8 (white houses) and 3/8 (orange houses) together.
2/8 + 3/8 = 5/8
So, 5/8 of the houses in Isabella's neighbourhood are either white or orange.
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