Paloma eats 2 /8 of an apple in the morning and 3/ 8 more in the afternoon. How much of the apple did she eat in total?

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Fsiaonma asked Nov 22, 2023

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Paloma eats 2 /8 of an apple in the morning and 3/ 8 more in the afternoon. How much of the apple did she eat in total?

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Fsiaonma asked Nov 22, 2023

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Answer:

5/8

Explanation:

With like denominators we can operate on just the numerators:

(2+3)/(9)

=
(5)/(8)

Navid Rahmani answered Nov 25, 2023

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Answer:

5/8

Explanation:

2/8 + 3/8 is 5/8

Pernell answered Nov 27, 2023

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