Question

1/2 + 1/5 = * Your answer

Answer 1

$\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{5}=\frac{(5\cdot1)+(2\cdot1)}{10}=\frac{5+2}{10}=\frac{7}{10}$

We applied the rules for adding fractions with different denominators. This is a way to achieve this. Graphically, we do the operations in this way: