Question

Mike is mixing paint for his walls. He mixes 1/6 gallon blue paint and 5/8 gallon green paint in a large container. What fraction represents the total amount of paint Mike mixes? HELP URGENT EXPLAIN PLEASE

Answer 1

The answer is: 
First you need to add them together but you first need to find the common denominator that 6 and 8 both go into 24. 
Multiply 1/6 by 4/4=4/24. Thats the gallons of blue paint.
Multiply 5/8 by 3/3=15/24. Thats the gallons of green paint.
Now you have to add the two fractions up to find how much paint Mike mixed. 
4/24+15/24=19/24.
You cannot simplify 19/24 further. 
Answer is: Mike mixes 19/24 gallons of paint together.
Hope this helps! :D

Answer 2

To find your answer you would need to add both colors(blue and green)
 to do this you need to make the denominators the same :

24 is a number we can get 8 and 6 to :
1×4=4
6×4=24

5×3=15
8×3=24

your new fractions are 4/24 and 15/24, now we can add them :

4+15=19
and 24 stays the same

your answer is 19/24 (you can not simplify this)

hope this helped