**Step 1:** Imagine you have 1/2 🍎 and another 1/2 🍎.
Group 1:
🍎 🍎
(1/2)
Add ➕
🍎 🍎
(1/2)
Group 2:
🍎 🍎
(1/2)
=
🍎 🍎
(1/2)
Total:
🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎
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**Step 2:** Add the halves together: $\frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2} = \frac{2}{2}$.
**Step 3:** Simplify $\frac{2}{2} = 1$.
Great job! Your answer is correct. 1/2 plus 1/2 equals 1 whole apple! 🎉🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎
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