What is 3/8 plus 2/12 in fraction?
3/8 plus 2/12 equals to 13/24 in fraction form.
Learn how to find what is 3/8 plus 2/12 in fraction form just in a few minutes. We have covered the easiest method to write 3/8 + 2/12 as a fraction and decimal.
Summary: 3/8 plus 2/12
Since both the fractions have the unequal denominators, you have to find the equivalent fractions for 3/8 and 2/12 having identical denominators before starting adding the fractions. Find the LCM of denominators, 24 is the LCM of 8 and 12. Multiply the LCM 24 with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions (3/8 x 24/24) + (2/12 x 24/24) and simplify further in order to have the common denominators. By simplifying the fraction addition expression becomes 13/24.
The below workout with step by step calculation shows how to find the equivalent fraction between 3/8 and 2/12 by adding two fractions with different, unequal or unlike denominators. The sum in fraction form for 3/8 plus 2/12 can be obtained by using anyone of the two methods below.
1. LCM method
2. Cross multiplication method.
3/8+2/12 using LCM Method:
What is 3/8 plus 2/12 as a fraction?
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 3/8
Fraction B: 2/12
What to be found?
3/8+2/12 = ?
Find what's the sum of 3/8 and 2/12.
step 2 Compare the denominators of fractions 3/8 and 2/12 to identify whether it is a like or unlike fraction addition. Since the denominators of given fractions 3/8 and 2/12 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 3/8 and 2/12:
The LCM of 8 and 12 is 24.
step 4 Write the fractions 3/8 and 2/12 in the addition expression form and multiply LCM with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions.
=3/8+2/12
=(3 x 24)/(8 x 24)+(2 x 24)/(12 x 24)
step 5 Simplify the expression to have common denominator:
=9/24+4/24
step 6 Take the common values out and rewrite the above expression like the below:
=1/24 x (9/1+4/1)
=1/24 x (9 + 4)
step 7Simplify the above expression further:
=1/24 x 13
=13/24
3/8+2/12=13/24
Hence,
3/8 plus 2/12 equals to 13/24 in fraction.
3/8+2/12 using Cross Multiplication Method:
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 3/8
Fraction B: 2/12
What to be found?
3/8+2/12 = ?
Find what's the sum of 3/8 and 2/12.
step 2 Find the product of numerator of Fraction A and denominator of Fraction B (3 x 12), find the product of numerator of Fraction B and denominator of Fraction A (2 x 8), and find the product of both denominators of Fraction A and Fraction B (8 x 12) and rewrite the equation as like the below:
= (3 x 12) + (2 x 8)/(8 x 12)
step 3 Simplify and rewrite the fraction:
= (36 + 16)/96
= 52/96
= 13/24
3/8+2/12 = 13/24
Hence,
3/8 plus 2/12 = 13/24