Devansh received a CD player as a gift for his birthday. He bought $3$ C.Ds and received $5$ C.Ds as gifts. Find the fraction of the C.Ds he bought.

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Find the fraction of C.Ds bought by Devansh:
A fraction that represents a part of a whole is written as: $\frac{T h e n u m b e r o f p a r t s t a k e n o u t}{T h e t o t a l n u m b e r o f p a r t s}$
The number of CDs Devansh bought $= 3$
The number of CDs Devansh received as a gift $= 5$
The total number of CDs $= 3 + 5$
$= 8$

The fraction of the CDs Devansh bought $= \frac{3}{8}$

Hence, the required fraction is $\frac{3}{8}$ .

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