1/8 + 2/4 --> 1/8 + 4/8 =5/8
1 and 1/4.
3 eighths
It equals 3 eighths.
3 over 12
1/4 plus 1/4 times 7/8 is equal to 0.46875
20 over 16
12 and 1/2
12/8 or 1 and 1/2
No, 2 1/4 does not equal 7/8. 7/8 equals .88 ============================== -- First of all, you should be able to instantly recognize that "two and one fourth" is more than ' 1 ', but "seven eighths" is less than ' 1 ', so they can't be equal. -- "Two and one fourth" is the same as eighteen eighths.
One fourth plus one eighth would equal three eighths. 1/4 + 1/8 = 2/8 + 1/8 = 3/8
9 & 1/4 + 1 & 7/8 = 11 & 1/8
Expressed as a proper fraction in its simplest form, 1/4 + 2/7 = 15/28 or fifteen twenty-eighths.