Mathematics
Grade-4-
Easy
Question
A construction company is planning to build a foundation of a house. At the end of the first day, the company had taken away
of a truck load of dirt. On the second day, they take away
of a truck load. How many truck loads did the company take away in all?
Hint:
Add the fraction of dirt taken away on the first and second days.
The correct answer is: ![5 over 6](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABIAAAAjCAYAAACZ6FpfAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAABGJhU0UAAAAXQ/cXWQAAAPZJREFUeNpjYMAO/uPBJAGSNYxQg34B8Scg3gbERUDMQ4mBLEBsDMS1QHwDiDWo4Uo3ID5ILS//oIYhOkB8l1RN64DYEoiZoNgDakgQqQaFAvEtIP4DxO+AeBUQmzKMgsEH/pOJR8FgA6bQfPYJWoRsAmJ7Ug1Jg2pUg/L5gDgaiA+TYogWEJ+hhpdmAnEkNQwCFfSS1Cqb1aAl5Tdo1XQGGkYk57tzQOwFrZJAxa01tNTMIsUgUHRLYxE3AOKnpBi0DeoKbOAXKQaBnB+ORRxU054kxSA2aK2aDA0jEDAH4ktA7EJqgIsC8Wwg/gKtlkAG2+JSDACbFkU4mN6NMQAAAGJ0RVh0TWF0aE1MADxtYXRoIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8xOTk4L01hdGgvTWF0aE1MIj48bWZyYWM+PG1uPjU8L21uPjxtbj42PC9tbj48L21mcmFjPjwvbWF0aD4dWARSAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)
![3 over 6 plus 2 over 6 equals 5 over 6](data:image/png;base64,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)
The company took away
truck loads of dirt away in all.
Read the problem multiple times in order to understand it.