What is 2/5 + 1/41 in fraction?
2/5 + 1/41 equals to 87/205 in fraction form.
Learn how to find what is 2/5 plus 1/41 in fraction form just in a few minutes. We have covered the easiest method to write 2/5 + 1/41 as a fraction and decimal.
Summary: 2/5 plus 1/41 = 87/205
Since both fractions have unequal denominators, 2/5 plus 1/41 is an unlike fractions addition. For adding unlike fractions, you have to first find the equivalent fractions for fraction 2/5 and fraction 1/41 in order to have the same denominators for both fractions. Therefore, you have to find the LCM of denominators 5 and 41. 205 is the LCM of 5 and 41. Multiplying the LCM 205 with the numerators and denominators of both fractions (2/5 x 205/205) + (1/41 x 205/205), and simplify further in order to have the common denominator. So the equivalent fraction for 2/5 is 82/205 and for 1/41 is 5/205. By simplifying this fraction addition 82/205 + 5/205, it becomes 87/205.
Pie Chart Representation: 2/5 + 1/41 = 87/205
The below workout with step by step calculation shows how to find the equivalent fraction between 2/5 and 1/41 by adding two fractions with different, unequal or unlike denominators. The sum in fraction form for 2/5 plus 1/41 can be obtained by using anyone of the two methods below.
1. LCM method
2. Cross multiplication method.
(2/5) + (1/41) using LCM Method:
What is 2/5 plus 1/41 as a fraction?
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 2/5
Fraction B: 1/41
What to be found?
(2/5) + (1/41) = ?
Find what's the sum of 2/5 and 1/41.
step 2 Compare the denominators of fractions 2/5 and 1/41 to identify whether it is a like or unlike fraction addition. Since the denominators of given fractions 2/5 and 1/41 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 2/5 and 1/41:
The LCM of 5 and 41 is 205.
step 4 Write the fractions 2/5 and 1/41 in the addition expression form and multiply LCM with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions.
= 2/5 + 1/41
= [(2 x 205)/(5 x 205)] + [(1 x 205)/(41 x 205)]
step 5 Simplify the expression to have common denominator:
= 82/205 + 5/205
step 6 Take the common values out and rewrite the above expression like the below:
= 1/205 x (82/1 + 5/1)
= 1/205 x (82 + 5)
step 7Simplify the above expression further:
= 1/205 x 87
= 87/205
2/5 + 1/41 = 87/205
Hence,
2/5 plus 1/41 as a fraction is 87/205.
2/5 + 1/41 using Cross Multiplication Method:
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 2/5
Fraction B: 1/41
What to be found?
(2/5)+(1/41) = ?
Find what's the sum of 2/5 and 1/41.
step 2 Find the product of numerator of Fraction A and denominator of Fraction B (2 x 41), find the product of numerator of Fraction B and denominator of Fraction A (1 x 5), and find the product of both denominators of Fraction A and Fraction B (5 x 41) and rewrite the equation as like the below:
= (2 x 41) + (1 x 5)/(5 x 41)
step 3 Simplify and rewrite the fraction:
= (82 + 5)/205
2/5 + 1/41 = 87/205
Hence,
2/5 plus 1/41 in fraction is 87/205