What is 3/4 + 7/20 in fraction?
3/4 + 7/20 equals to 11/10 in fraction form.
Learn how to find what is 3/4 plus 7/20 in fraction form just in a few minutes. We have covered the easiest method to write 3/4 + 7/20 as a fraction and decimal.
Summary: 3/4 plus 7/20 = 11/10
Since both fractions have unequal denominators, 3/4 plus 7/20 is an unlike fractions addition. For adding unlike fractions, you have to first find the equivalent fractions for fraction 3/4 and fraction 7/20 in order to have the same denominators for both fractions. Therefore, you have to find the LCM of denominators 4 and 20. 20 is the LCM of 4 and 20. Multiplying the LCM 20 with the numerators and denominators of both fractions (3/4 x 20/20) + (7/20 x 20/20), and simplify further in order to have the common denominator. So the equivalent fraction for 3/4 is 15/20 and for 7/20 is 7/20. By simplifying this fraction addition 15/20 + 7/20, it becomes 22/20.
The below workout with step by step calculation shows how to find the equivalent fraction between 3/4 and 7/20 by adding two fractions with different, unequal or unlike denominators. The sum in fraction form for 3/4 plus 7/20 can be obtained by using anyone of the two methods below.
1. LCM method
2. Cross multiplication method.
(3/4) + (7/20) using LCM Method:
What is 3/4 plus 7/20 as a fraction?
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 3/4
Fraction B: 7/20
What to be found?
(3/4) + (7/20) = ?
Find what's the sum of 3/4 and 7/20.
step 2 Compare the denominators of fractions 3/4 and 7/20 to identify whether it is a like or unlike fraction addition. Since the denominators of given fractions 3/4 and 7/20 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 3/4 and 7/20:
The LCM of 4 and 20 is 20.
step 4 Write the fractions 3/4 and 7/20 in the addition expression form and multiply LCM with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions.
= 3/4 + 7/20
= [(3 x 20)/(4 x 20)] + [(7 x 20)/(20 x 20)]
step 5 Simplify the expression to have common denominator:
= 15/20 + 7/20
step 6 Take the common values out and rewrite the above expression like the below:
= 1/20 x (15/1 + 7/1)
= 1/20 x (15 + 7)
step 7Simplify the above expression further:
= 1/20 x 22
= 22/20
= 11/10
3/4 + 7/20 = 11/10
Hence,
3/4 plus 7/20 as a fraction is 11/10.
3/4 + 7/20 using Cross Multiplication Method:
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 3/4
Fraction B: 7/20
What to be found?
(3/4)+(7/20) = ?
Find what's the sum of 3/4 and 7/20.
step 2 Find the product of numerator of Fraction A and denominator of Fraction B (3 x 20), find the product of numerator of Fraction B and denominator of Fraction A (7 x 4), and find the product of both denominators of Fraction A and Fraction B (4 x 20) and rewrite the equation as like the below:
= (3 x 20) + (7 x 4)/(4 x 20)
step 3 Simplify and rewrite the fraction:
= (60 + 28)/80
= 88/80
= 11/10
3/4 + 7/20 = 11/10
Hence,
3/4 plus 7/20 in fraction is 11/10