What is 3/9 plus 1/6?
Looking for the result of 3/9 + 1/6? Follow this step-by-step guide to understand how to add these two fractions together.
How to add 3/9 and 1/6?
- Multiply the numerator of the first term, with the denominator of the second term: 3 × 6 = 18
- Multiply the numerator of the second term, with the denominator of the first term: 1 × 9 = 9
- Add both of these results together to form the new numerator: 18 + 9 = 27
- Multiply both denominators together to form the new denominator: 9 × 6 = 54
- Combine the results to get the new fraction: 27/54
- Simplify the fraction (27/54) by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by their GCD (27):
- 27/27 = 1
- 54/27 = 2
- This gives: 1/2.
The result of adding 3/9 and 1/6 is : 1/2 (or 0.5 in its decimal form)