Question

A meteorologist recorded the rainfall in Somerville in two consecutive months. In the firstmonth, there were 1 3/10 inches of rain. In the second month, there were 9/10 of an inch ofrain. What was the total amount of rainfall during the two months?

Answer 1

1)Gatering the data:

1st month:

1 3/10 inches

2nd month:

9/10

2) Turning the Mixed Fraction into an Improper one. Keeping the denominator, and multplying the denominatior and adding the numerator like this:

$1\text{ }\frac{3}{10}=\frac{10\cdot1+3}{10}=\frac{13}{10}$

3) Adding both fractions

$\frac{13}{10}+\frac{9}{10}=\frac{22}{10}\text{ =}\frac{11}{5}$

After the addition of fractions, we can simplify it .