Add the whole numbers together first: 5+3=8. To add the fractions, find the lowest common denominator: both go into 14 (2*7) so express the fractions in fourteenths: 6/7=12/14 and 1/2=7/14. To get these, divide the denominator into 14 and multiply the result by the numerator, e.g., 7 goes into 14 2 times multiplied by 6=12. We can now add the two fractions together (12+7)/14=19/14. But 19 is bigger than 14 so this fraction is an improper fraction bigger than 1. 19-14=5 so 19/14 is 1 and 5/14. 1 is a whole number that needs to be added to 8 to make 9, and the answer is therefore 9 and 5/14.