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Joy is learning to drive, so this weekend she practiced driving 1/2 of a mile with her mother and another 1/3 of a mile with her father. How far did Joy drive in all?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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Joy is learning to drive, so this weekend she practiced driving 1/2 of a mile with her mother and another 1/3 of a mile with her father. How far did Joy drive in all?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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Joy drove 1/2 mile with her mother and 1/3 mile with her father. To find out how far she drove in total, you need to add these two fractions together.

Step 1: Find a common denominator for the fractions. The least common denominator for 2 and 3 is 6.

Step 2: Convert each fraction to have the denominator of 6.

1/2 becomes 3/6 (because 1 x 3 = 3 and 2 x 3 = 6) 1/3 becomes 2/6 (because 1 x 2 = 2 and 3 x 2 = 6)

Step 3: Add the two fractions together.

3/6 + 2/6 = 5/6

So, Joy drove 5/6 of a mile in total.

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