Question

Rita collected 3/4 of a pound of candy on Halloween, and her brother collected 1/8 of a pound. How much candy did they have together? (First, find the LCM of 4 and 8)

Answer 1

Answer:

3/4 + 1/8

make denominators the same

4 X 8 =32

what you do to denominator you must do to numerator

3 X 8 = 24

4 X 1 = 4

24/32 + 4/32

add numerators together

28/32

simplify by dividing both by 4

7/8 of a pound

Answer 2

The answer is 15/8 because it just is you know the vibes