Question

Activity finding addition and subtraction of rational number through a Grid 1) -4/3 + 5/8

Answer 1

Given:

1) -4/3 + 5/8

To find:

Activity finding addition and subtraction of rational number through a Grid 1) -4/3 + 5/8

Solution:

From given, we have, 2 rational numbers,

-4/3 and 5/8

We need to perform addition and subtraction of rational number,

-4/3 + 5/8

LCM of 3, 8 is 24, so we have,

= - 32/24 + 15/24

= (-32 + 15) / 24

= - 17/24

∴ -4/3 + 5/8 = - 17/24