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Jamie bought 5/8 pound of wheat flour. He also bought 2/8 pound of white flour. How much flour did he buy?

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Easy 7/8 duh 5 plus 2 is 7 and the denminators stay the same again duh
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5/8+ 2/8= 7/8,
you just need to add the numerators, as you have the same denominators
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