Carrie walked 1/12 of a mile from school to Lola's house and 1/2 of a mile from Lola's house to her own house. How many miles did Carrie walk in all?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
Question
Carrie walked 1/12 of a mile from school to Lola's house and 1/2 of a mile from Lola's house to her own house. How many miles did Carrie walk in all?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
Solution
To find out how many miles Carrie walked in all, we need to add the distance she walked from school to Lola's house and the distance from Lola's house to her own house.
The distance from school to Lola's house is 1/12 of a mile. The distance from Lola's house to her own house is 1/2 of a mile.
To add these two fractions, we need to find a common denominator. The least common denominator for 12 and 2 is 12.
So, we rewrite 1/2 as 6/12.
Now, we can add the two fractions:
1/12 + 6/12 = 7/12
So, Carrie walked 7/12 of a mile in all.
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