Paul spent a half hour practicing piano and 3/8 hour practicing guitar how much time did he sPend in all practicing?
1/2 + 3/8 = ?
To find out how much time Paul spent in total practicing, we need to add the time he spent practicing the piano and the time he spent practicing the guitar.
First, we need to convert the time spent practicing the piano from "half an hour" to a fraction of an hour. Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, half an hour is equal to 30 minutes, which is equivalent to 30/60 or 1/2 hour.
Next, we need to add the time spent practicing the piano (1/2 hour) to the time spent practicing the guitar (3/8 hour).
To add fractions, we need to find a common denominator. Since 2 and 8 are both divisors of 8, we can use 8 as the common denominator.
1/2 can be converted to the equivalent fraction of 4/8 by multiplying both the numerator and the denominator by 4.
Now we can add the fractions:
4/8 + 3/8 = 7/8
Therefore, Paul spent a total of 7/8 hour practicing.