Firstly make the lower number the same
So 5 and 8 have 40 in common
Then 3/5 is times 8 to make 40 so 3x8 is 24 i.e. 24/40
Then 1/8 is times 5 to make 40 so 1x5 is 5 i.e. 5/40
Add together makes 29/40
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(Three of anything) plus (another three of it) = (six of the same thing)
3/15 + 2/5 = 3/5 or 0.6
Expressed as a proper fraction in its simplest form, 1/10 + 1/2 = 3/5 or three fifths.
Expressed as a proper fraction in its simplest form, 2/8 + 3/5 = 17/20 or seventeen twentieths.
Eleven- fifths plus four- fifths equals fifteen- fifths, which reduces to three wholes. (11/5+4/5=15/5, or 3/1)