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jesternmais:

One evening, a restaurant served a total of 1/2 of a loaf of wheat bread and 7/8 of a loaf of white bread. How many loaves were served in all

XTHb:

well were starting off 1.375 adding thoes together

jesternmais:

yea

XTHb:

so what r we figuring out here?

jesternmais:

I think you should add the fractions here idk really know but I m still working on it

XTHb:

well try that and tell me what u have from there

snowflake0531:

1/2 + 7/8

snowflake0531:

do you know how to make 1/2 as a denominator of 8?

jesternmais:

yea

snowflake0531:

do it then lol

jesternmais:

oh I see it

jesternmais:

Thank you

jesternmais:

My answers are 1/1 or just 1

snowflake0531:

no

snowflake0531:

lol one sec

jesternmais:

okay

snowflake0531:

soo, 1/2 would be 4/8 and 4/8 + 7/8 =.....?

jesternmais:

11/8

jesternmais:

so I wou;ld simplify

jesternmais:

it

snowflake0531:

ye so it would be 1 3/8

jesternmais:

1 3/8

jesternmais:

Thank you

jesternmais:

a lot

snowflake0531:

yw~

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