What is 1/6 plus 1/8 in fraction?
1/6 plus 1/8 equals to 7/24 in fraction form.
1/6 + 1/8 in fraction form
Learn how to find what is 1/6 plus 1/8 in fraction form just in a few minutes. We have covered the easiest method to write 1/6 + 1/8 as a fraction and decimal.
Summary: 1/6 plus 1/8
Since both the fractions have the unequal denominators, you have to find the equivalent fractions for 1/6 and 1/8 having identical denominators before starting adding the fractions. Find the LCM of denominators, 24 is the LCM of 6 and 8. Multiply the LCM 24 with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions (1/6 x 24/24) + (1/8 x 24/24) and simplify further in order to have the common denominators. By simplifying the fraction addition expression becomes 7/24.
1/6+1/8 as a fraction
1/6 + 1/8 = (?)
1/6 + 1/8 = [(1 x 8) + (1 x 6)]/(6 x 8)
= (8 + 6)/48
= 14/48
= (2 x 7)/(2 x 24)
= 7/24
1/6 + 1/8 = 7/24
1/6 plus 1/8 as a fraction is 7/24.
where
1/6 is a fraction as an addend,
1/8 is a fraction as an addend,
7/24 is the sum of 1/6 and 1/8.
1/6 plus 1/8 as a decimal
1/6 + 1/8 = 7/24
7/24 = 0.2917
1/6+1/8 as a decimal is 0.2917
where
0.2917 is the sum of 1/6 and 1/8.
How to find 1/6+1/8 as a fraction?
The below workout with step by step calculation shows how to find the equivalent fraction between 1/6 and 1/8 by adding two fractions with different, unequal or unlike denominators. The sum in fraction form for 1/6 plus 1/8 can be obtained by using anyone of the two methods below.
1. LCM method
2. Cross multiplication method.
1/6+1/8 using LCM Method:
What is 1/6 plus 1/8 as a fraction?
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 1/6
Fraction B: 1/8
What to be found?
1/6+1/8 = ?
Find what's the sum of 1/6 and 1/8.
step 2 Compare the denominators of fractions 1/6 and 1/8 to identify whether it is a like or unlike fraction addition. Since the denominators of given fractions 1/6 and 1/8 are not equal, it is said to be unlike fractions addition.
step 3For unlike fractions addition, find the LCM (least common multiple) of both denominators of fractions 1/6 and 1/8:
The LCM of 6 and 8 is 24.
step 4 Write the fractions 1/6 and 1/8 in the addition expression form and multiply LCM with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions.
=1/6+1/8
=(1 x 24)/(6 x 24)+(1 x 24)/(8 x 24)
step 5 Simplify the expression to have common denominator:
=4/24+3/24
step 6 Take the common values out and rewrite the above expression like the below:
=1/24 x (4/1+3/1)
=1/24 x (4 + 3)
step 7Simplify the above expression further:
=1/24 x 7
=7/24
1/6+1/8=7/24
Hence,
1/6 plus 1/8 equals to 7/24 in fraction.
1/6+1/8 using Cross Multiplication Method:
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 1/6
Fraction B: 1/8
What to be found?
1/6+1/8 = ?
Find what's the sum of 1/6 and 1/8.
step 2 Find the product of numerator of Fraction A and denominator of Fraction B (1 x 8), find the product of numerator of Fraction B and denominator of Fraction A (1 x 6), and find the product of both denominators of Fraction A and Fraction B (6 x 8) and rewrite the equation as like the below:
= (1 x 8) + (1 x 6)/(6 x 8)
step 3 Simplify and rewrite the fraction:
= (8 + 6)/48
= 14/48
= 7/24
1/6+1/8 = 7/24
Hence,
1/6 plus 1/8 = 7/24