2/5+3/8 Find the common denominator. 5x8=40 and 8x5=40 So you can turn 2/5 into 16/40 and 3/8 into 15/40. Now you can add them 15/40+16/40=31/40
3/4
2 and thirty-nine fortieths
41/40 or 1 1/40
2/8 + 2/5 = 10/40 + 16/40 = 26/40 = 13/20
5
7 eights or 56
8 1/8
it is 2 and four fifths
27 1/2
Converting this to eights, it becomes: 2 eights + 4 eights + 1 eight = 7 eights.
1
Four-fifths. 2/5 + 2/5 = 4/5.