Question

Jagjit spent$\frac{1}{2}$ of his money for a movie ticket and$\frac{1}{4}$ of it for lunch.

What fraction of his pocket money did he spend?

Answer 1

Fraction of pocket money that Jagjit spent $=$Fraction that Jagjit spent on movie tickets $+$Fraction that Jagjit spent on lunch

$$\begin{gathered} =\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{4} \\ =\frac{2}{4}+\frac{1}{4}(Changing\frac{1}{2}toequivalentfractionthathavesamedenominator) \\ =\frac{2+1}{4} \\ =\frac{3}{4} \end{gathered}$$

Therefore the fraction of the pocket money that Jagjit spent is $\frac{3}{4}$