Question

Mr. barber used 5/6 yard of wire to put up a ceiling fan. he used 1/2 yard of wire to fix a switch pt 1 out of 2 complete the calculations below to write equivalent fraction with the least common denominator

Answer 1

Least common denominator is the smallest number that can be divided by both given denominators.

From the problem, we have :

$\frac{5}{6}\quad \text{and}\quad \frac{1}{2}$

The denominators are 6 and 2.

The smallest number that can be divided by 6 and 2 is 6.

6/6 = 1 and 6/2 = 3

So we need an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 6.

For 5/6, multiply this by 1/1 since the denominator is already 6.

$\frac{5}{6}=\frac{5\times1}{6\times1}=\frac{5}{6}$

For 1/2, multiply this by 3/3 to make the denominator equal to 6.

$\frac{1}{2}=\frac{1\times3}{2\times3}=\frac{3}{6}$