Question

Please help! How would I solve 12 5/8 + 9 2/3?

Answer 1

Is that 12 and 5/8 or (125)/8, also 9 and 2/3 or (92)/3?

Answer 2

12 and 5/8, with 9 and 2/3

Answer 3

\[\frac{ 8*12+5 }{ 8 }+\frac{ 3*9+2 }{ 3 }\]=Your turn

Answer 4

do you just add the denominators though? Like they dont need to be the same?

Answer 5

Multiply the whole number part by the fraction's denominator.
Add that to the numerator
Write that result on top of the denominator.

Answer 6

Here you can see the steps
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=101%2F8%2B29%2F3