Question

Christina went to the salon and had 5/8 of an inch of hair cut off. The next day she went back and asked for another 5/8 of an inch to be cut off. How much hair did she have cut off in all? Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Answer 1

Here you'll want to add 5/8 with 5/8.  Since they have the same denominator already then 5/8+5/8 = 10/8.  Simplifying that down to 5/4 then changing to a mixed number is 1 1/4 inches.