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What is 1/2 + 1/4?
Answer
3/4
1/2 + 1/4 = 2/4 + 1/4 = 3/4. Fractions represent parts of wholes and are fundamental to mathematics, cooking, construction, medicine, and financial calculations.
💡 Did you know?
The Babylonians used fractions with denominator 60 five thousand years ago—that's why an hour has 60 minutes, a legacy of ancient fraction math.
Other options people guess
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- fractions
- addition
- arithmetic
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