SOLUTION: Find the improper fraction with the denominator of 12 that is equivalent to 10 1/4

Question 1097054: Find the improper fraction with the denominator of 12 that is equivalent to 10 1/4
Found 2 solutions by josh_jordan, MathTherapy:
Answer by josh_jordan(263) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To find the improper fraction, we need to set this word problem up as an equation. We don't know what the numerator of the improper fraction is, but we know the denominator is 12 and we also know this improper fraction is equivalent to 10 1/4, which is equal to 41/4:

Our equation will then be

To find our numerator (n), we can multiply n by 4 and put that on the left of our equal sign, and multiply 12 by 41 and put that result on the right side of our equal sign, which gives us

4n = 492

Now we can divide both sides of our equation by 4, which will give us our numerator:

4n = 492 =====> n = 123

Therefore our improper fraction is
Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Find the improper fraction with the denominator of 12 that is equivalent to 10 1/4

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