Adding and Subtracting Fractions,
a selection of answers from the Dr. Math archives.
- Adding Fractions
- Sally ate 1/8 of a cake and her sister ate 3/8 of it. What fraction did they eat together? A beginning fraction problem with
an illustrative diagram.
- Adding Fractions
- 3/4 + 1/6. I don't understand how they get 9 and 2 for numerators. A diagram and an explanation.
- Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, Dividing Fractions
- Lower-term fractions: a basic explanation.
- Adding and Subtracting Fractions
- An explanation using money.
- Adding and Subtracting Fractions
- Why don't we add or subtract the denominators? An apple-and-orange explanation.
- Adding Fractions
- How do you add fractions? The common denominator and the distributive property.
- Subtracting Fractions
- The basics, and finding a common denominator.
- Subtracting Fractions with Borrowing
- When you are subtracting a fraction, do you always take one away from the whole number? An explanation using clock time.
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