Let us first get our value for the percentage of the first fraction. 20% of 2/7 is found by multiplying 2/7 by 2/10 (or, simplified, 1/5): (2/7) * (1/5) = (2/35)

Our addition is therefore (2/35) + (1/4). There are no common factors, so the least common denominator will be 35 * 4 or 140. Multiply the numerator and denominator of 2/35 by 4/4 and the numerator of 1/4 by 35/35.

This yields:

(8/140) + (35/140)  = 43/140, which cannot be reduced.

Simplify expressions inside parentheses first:   and 

Now we have: 

Add them by finding the common denominator (LCM of 4, 2, and 3 = 12) and then multiplying the top and bottom of each fraction by whichever factors are missing from this common denominator:

Start by looking at Quantity A. The common denominator for this expression is . To calculate this, you perform the following multiplications:

This is the same as:

, or 

This is the same as Quantity B. They are equal!

Begin by isolating the  factors:

Now, the common denominator of these two fractions is .  Therefore, multiply  by :

Now, you can subtract the left values:

Now, multiply both sides by :

Just like adding fractions, when you subtract fractions, you need to find a common denominator. For  and , the least common denominator is . In order to do your subtraction, you need to multiply appropriately to give your fractions this denominator:

Which is the same as...

Now, you can subtract the numerators and retain the denominator:

First, consider each quantity separately.

Quantity A

These two fractions do not have a common factor. Their common denominator is . Thus, we multiply the fractions as follows to give them a common denominator:

This is the same as:

Quantity B

The common denominator of these two values is .  Therefore, you multiply the fractions as follows to give them a common denominator:

This is the same as:

Since Quantity A is larger than  and Quantity B is a positive fraction less than , we know that Quantity A is larger without even using a calculator.

122 students are going to Saint Louis University. To answer this question, the following equation can be used: 340*(9/10)*(2/5) .  This is then rounded down to 122 students attending Saint Louis University. 

The least common multiple of 4 and 6 is 12.

So we know if  of the number is  then 

 of the number is 

.

So then it follows that

of the number is 

.

First we want to find the fraction of employees that neither take the bus nor drive, so we’ll add the fractions that do take the bus or drive and subtract that result from the total.

Bus:

Drive:

Remaining:

Now we need the fraction representing one third of these remaining employees (the fraction that ride a bike). Since "of " means multiply, we'll multiply.