Question

Solve the word problem and explain the steps you used to solve:

three tenths of a bag of jelly beans were red, and two tenths of the bag were orange. What fraction of the bag was red and orange?

Answer 1

Answer:

five tenths

Step-by-step explanation:

you have to add 3 a d 3 together which makes 5 tenths and then you have 5 tenths left

Answer 2

Answer:

The answer would be 1/2 or as a decimal 0.5

Step-by-step explanation:

3/10 + 2/10 = 1/2