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How Do You Add Mixed Fractions with the Same Denominator by Converting to Improper Fractions?

Add the mixed fractions 2 and 3/8 and 5 and 7/8.

Summary

  1. We need to convert the mixed fractions into improper fractions before we can add them
  2. We can reduce the final improper fraction by dividing the top and bottom by 2
  3. Now let's convert it back into a mixed fraction

Notes

    1. We're converting the mixed numbers to improper fractions