How do you evaluate $8 13/20 + 6 9/20$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-01T16:47:01

$15 1/10$

As the denominators are already the same we can just add.

Add the whole numbers and add the numerators.

$8 13/20 + 6 9/20$

= $14 (13+9)/20 = 14 22/20$

However we now have more than a whole number.

$14 + 1 2/20$

= $15 2/20= 15 1/10$

How do you evaluate 8 13/20 + 6 9/208 13/20 + 6 9/20?