What is 2/6 + 1/20 in fraction?
2/6 + 1/20 equals to 23/60 in fraction form.
Learn how to find what is 2/6 plus 1/20 in fraction form just in a few minutes. We have covered the easiest method to write 2/6 + 1/20 as a fraction and decimal.
Summary: 2/6 plus 1/20 = 23/60
Since both fractions have unequal denominators, 2/6 plus 1/20 is an unlike fractions addition. For adding unlike fractions, you have to first find the equivalent fractions for fraction 2/6 and fraction 1/20 in order to have the same denominators for both fractions. Therefore, you have to find the LCM of denominators 6 and 20. 60 is the LCM of 6 and 20. Multiplying the LCM 60 with the numerators and denominators of both fractions (2/6 x 60/60) + (1/20 x 60/60), and simplify further in order to have the common denominator. So the equivalent fraction for 2/6 is 20/60 and for 1/20 is 3/60. By simplifying this fraction addition 20/60 + 3/60, it becomes 23/60.
Pie Chart Representation: 2/6 + 1/20 = 23/60
The below workout with step by step calculation shows how to find the equivalent fraction between 2/6 and 1/20 by adding two fractions with different, unequal or unlike denominators. The sum in fraction form for 2/6 plus 1/20 can be obtained by using anyone of the two methods below.
1. LCM method
2. Cross multiplication method.
(2/6) + (1/20) using LCM Method:
What is 2/6 plus 1/20 as a fraction?
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 2/6
Fraction B: 1/20
What to be found?
(2/6) + (1/20) = ?
Find what's the sum of 2/6 and 1/20.
step 2 Compare the denominators of fractions 2/6 and 1/20 to identify whether it is a like or unlike fraction addition. Since the denominators of given fractions 2/6 and 1/20 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 2/6 and 1/20:
The LCM of 6 and 20 is 60.
step 4 Write the fractions 2/6 and 1/20 in the addition expression form and multiply LCM with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions.
= 2/6 + 1/20
= [(2 x 60)/(6 x 60)] + [(1 x 60)/(20 x 60)]
step 5 Simplify the expression to have common denominator:
= 20/60 + 3/60
step 6 Take the common values out and rewrite the above expression like the below:
= 1/60 x (20/1 + 3/1)
= 1/60 x (20 + 3)
step 7Simplify the above expression further:
= 1/60 x 23
= 23/60
2/6 + 1/20 = 23/60
Hence,
2/6 plus 1/20 as a fraction is 23/60.
2/6 + 1/20 using Cross Multiplication Method:
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 2/6
Fraction B: 1/20
What to be found?
(2/6)+(1/20) = ?
Find what's the sum of 2/6 and 1/20.
step 2 Find the product of numerator of Fraction A and denominator of Fraction B (2 x 20), 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 20) and rewrite the equation as like the below:
= (2 x 20) + (1 x 6)/(6 x 20)
step 3 Simplify and rewrite the fraction:
= (40 + 6)/120
= 46/120
= 23/60
2/6 + 1/20 = 23/60
Hence,
2/6 plus 1/20 in fraction is 23/60