+23252 To add the fractions 1/2 and 1/4 get a common denominator.
Since 2 can be divided evely into 4, make the common denominator 4.
Since 2 x 2 = 4, multiply both the numerator and denominator of 1/2 by 2:
(1/2) x (2/2) = (1 x 2) / (2 x 2) = 2/4
---> 9 1/2 + 3 1/4 = 9 2/4 + 3 1/4
Now, add the whole numbers together (9 + 3 = 12)
and add the fractions (2/4 + 1/4 = 3/4)
So the answer is: 12 3/4
(When you add fractions with the same denominator together, add the numerators (2 + 1 = 3) and write this answer over the common denomintor. (Don't add the denominators together!) This is how 2/4 + 1/4 becomes 3/4.)
+23252 To add the fractions 1/2 and 1/4 get a common denominator.
Since 2 can be divided evely into 4, make the common denominator 4.
Since 2 x 2 = 4, multiply both the numerator and denominator of 1/2 by 2:
(1/2) x (2/2) = (1 x 2) / (2 x 2) = 2/4
---> 9 1/2 + 3 1/4 = 9 2/4 + 3 1/4
Now, add the whole numbers together (9 + 3 = 12)
and add the fractions (2/4 + 1/4 = 3/4)
So the answer is: 12 3/4
(When you add fractions with the same denominator together, add the numerators (2 + 1 = 3) and write this answer over the common denomintor. (Don't add the denominators together!) This is how 2/4 + 1/4 becomes 3/4.)
