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Adding fractions

Explanation:

What do you get? ... Mmmh ...
A large piece and a small piece? .... Mmmh ...
Here it is easy. The result is "three pieces"!
We can only add pieces together, that are the same size.

So, first we have to find a common denominator and convert all fractions.


Steps:


A step by step example:

These fractions don't have a common denominator, so to add them, we will first have to find a common denominator.
Here you can see, how we have done this..
This is the result you get.
We can now add these two fractions together.
What we have to do now is change this improper fraction into a mixed number.
This is what it would look like in the JFractionLab.


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