How Do You Add Two Fractions with the Same Denominator?

How Do You Add Two Fractions with the Same Denominator?

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If you want to add fractions together, first make sure the fractions have the same denominator. If they do, then just add to numerators together to get the sum of the fractions! Follow along with this tutorial to see this process step-by-step.

Keywords:

  • problem
  • add
  • fraction
  • same denominator
  • add numerators

Background Tutorials

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