Question

Ashley bought a bag of 15 sweet potatoes. She used 2/5 of them for sweet potato casserole and 1/3 of them for sweet potato pie .what fraction of the potatoes did she use

Answer 1

2/5 * 15 = 30/5 = 6

1/3 * 15 = 15/3 = 5

6 + 5 = 11

She used 11/15 potatoes.

Answer 2

The faction of potatoes she used are 11/15