Question

How do you add 1/10 plus 8/100

Answer 1

You make 1/10 and 8/100 have the same denominator. So that would be 10/100+8/100=18/100 which simplifies to 9/50!

Answer 2

To add 1/10 and 8/100, they must have the same denominator.

To do this, multiply 1/10 by 10/10 (which equals one, so it doesn't change the value of the fraction).

Now you have 10/100 and 8/100. To add them, simply add the numerators and keep the denominators the same.

This results in 18/100, which can be simplified to 9/50.