Question

$\text{Woody buys}\frac{1}{9}\text{boxes of pencil and one of the}$
$\text{students buys}\frac{1}{3}\text{boxes of pencil.}$

What is the total number of boxes of pencil they have?

• A. $\frac{3}{9}$
• B. $\frac{4}{9}$
• C. $\frac{1}{3}$
• D. $\frac{5}{9}$

Answer 1

The correct option is B $\frac{4}{9}$

$\text{Number of pencil boxes Woody buys}=\frac{1}{9}$
$\text{Number of pencil boxes the student buys}=\frac{1}{3}$

Total number of boxes
= Number of boxes brought by Woody + Number of boxes brought by the student
$=\frac{1}{9}+\frac{1}{3}$
$=\frac{1+3}{9}$
$=\frac{4}{9}$

Therefore, total number of boxes of $\text{pencil they have is}\frac{4}{9}.$