Question

Three tenths plus five eigths

Answer 1

The answer would come out to be 37/40

Answer 2

To add/subtract fractions you need to have a common denominator...

3/10+5/8  so we want to make the common denominator the least common multiple...

(3/10)(4/4)+(5/8)(5/5)

12/40+25/40

(12+25)/40

37/40