1 7/12 (one and seven-twelfths)
Five over eight. 5/8
6 wholes and 7/12
y=10/7
35/6 + 45/6 = 80/6 = 40/3.
5 over 55
you add five over 8 plus 4
"What is four and a half plus three and five sixths": Eight and one third (8 1/3)
15
4/7 + 3/5 = 41/35 or 16/35
eleven and twenty three over twenty four.
14/15