How do you calculate #5/8+3/16#?

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Bryan L.
Mar 2, 2018

you would have to make both denominators the same to do this the first fraction should be multiplied by 2/2 (2 over 2) that would be 10/16 add the numerators together you get 13/16.

Explanation:

Basically you are finding the lowest common factor among the denominators and since 8 can go into 16, 2 times you would multiply both the numerator and denominator by 2. Now that you have the same denominator for both you can add them.

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