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? urgent explain

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

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