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To Add Fractions There Are Three Simple Steps

To add fractions: 1. Make sure the denominators are the same by multiplying the numerators and denominators by the same number. 2. Add the numerators and write the sum over the common denominator. 3. Simplify the resulting fraction if possible.

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To Add Fractions There Are Three Simple Steps

To add fractions: 1. Make sure the denominators are the same by multiplying the numerators and denominators by the same number. 2. Add the numerators and write the sum over the common denominator. 3. Simplify the resulting fraction if possible.

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ADDING FRACTIONS

To add fractions there are Three Simple Steps:

 Step 1: Make sure the bottom numbers (the denominators) are the same
 Step 2: Add the top numbers (the numerators), put that answer over
the denominator
 Step 3: Simplify the fraction (if needed)

Example:

14 + 14

Step 1. The bottom numbers (the denominators) are already the same. Go


straight to step 2.

Step 2. Add the top numbers and put the answer over the same denominator:

14 + 14 = 1 + 14 = 24

Step 3. Simplify the fraction:

24 = 12

In picture form it looks like this:

14 + 14 = 24 = 12

     

... and do you see how 24 is simpler as 12 ? (see Equivalent Fractions.)

 
Example:
13 + 16

Step 1: The bottom numbers are different. See how the slices are different
sizes?

13 + 16 = ?    

     

We need to make them the same before we can continue, because


we can't add them like that.

The number "6" is twice as big as "3", so to make the bottom numbers the
same we can multiply the top and bottom of the first fraction by 2, like this:

×2

1
  =   26
3

×2

Important: you multiply both top and bottom by the same amount,


to keep the value of the fraction the same

Now the fractions have the same bottom number ("6"), and our question looks
like this:

26 + 16        

     
The bottom numbers are now the same, so we can go to step 2.

Step 2: Add the top numbers and put them over the same denominator:

26 + 16 = 2 + 16 = 36

In picture form it looks like this:

26 + 16 = 36    

     

Step 3: Simplify the fraction:

36 = 12

In picture form the whole answer looks like this:

26 + 16 = 36 = 12

     

Source: https://www.mathsisfun.com/fractions_addition.html

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