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The boys picked 3 1/2 baskets of apples.The girls picked 5 1/2 baskets. How many baskets of apples did the boys and girls pick in all?

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They picked 9 baskets of apples in all.
This is because 5+3=8, and two halves make a whole. Therefore, 9.

Together the boys and girls picked 9 baskets of apples.
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9 baskets of apples because 1/2 plus 1/2 equals one. So, the equation becomes 3 plus 5 plus 1 = 9 baskets of apples.
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