Question

1 6. A man wants to divide a piece of land into three parts among his wife, daughter and son. If his wife got =th of the land, his daughter got th of the land and rest went to his son represent the share of each of them pictoeially..?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Find the lowest common denominator between the two fractions. Usually (and in this case) that would be the product of the two denominators, 12.

Multiply the numerators by the factor that you raised the denominator by. For 2/3, that would be 4, so 2/3 = 8/12. (Wife)

For 1/4, that would be 3, so 1/4 = 3/12. (Son)

8/12 + 3/12 = 11/12, the combined share of the wife and son. That means the daughter’s share is