SOLUTION: You are making some chocolate chip cookies! you have to partially full bags of chocolate chips. One bag has 1/4 of a cup of chips it's another and the other has 3/8 of a cup of chi

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Question 1161675: You are making some chocolate chip cookies! you have to partially full bags of chocolate chips. One bag has 1/4 of a cup of chips it's another and the other has 3/8 of a cup of chips. What fraction of a cup of chocolate chips do you have in all?
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Change one or both fractions so they have the same denominator; then add the numerators.

1%2F4+%2B+3%2F8 --> 2%2F8+%2B+3%2F8 --> 5%2F8

You have 5/8 of a cup of chips.