The answer to the question AS ASKED is
1/2 + 3*8 = 1/2+ 24 = 24.5
Assuming that the person asking the question could not spell eighths correctly, the answer would be:
1/2 + 3/8 = 4/8 + 3/8 = 7/8
a whole
283/4
4 and 1/4
1/2 + 1/5 = 7/10
6.7, or six and seven tenths.
It is: (3*8)/3 = 8
1half+1half 3quarters+1quarter
179
0.5
150%
4
3