At the pie eating contest, Max ate 2⁄5 of a pie and Jen ate 6⁄8 of a pie. How many pies did they eat all together?

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Denise Mccormick

24 February, 01:03

At the pie eating contest, Max ate 2⁄5 of a pie and Jen ate 6⁄8 of a pie. How many pies did they eat all together?

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Julien Keith · Answer 1

They ate one whole pie

Kennedy Morse · Answer 2

I think you have to find a common multiple for the denominators 5 and 8 which would be 40. so it would be 6/40 and 2/40. then I think, you would add or multiple, depending on the situation, 6 and 2