Question

What does 1/4 y + 3/8 equal?

Answer 1

Not much you can do here other than to factor. Please, next time, share all of the instructions.

If we factor: (1/4)y = (2/8)y; then we find ourselves adding (2/8)y and (3/8).
We can factor out (1/8):

(2/8)y + 3/8 = (1/8)(2 + 3)