Adding Fractions

USE THE FOLLOWING STEPS TO ADD FRACTIONS WITH UNLIKE DENOMINATORS

• CREATE NEW EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS THE HAVE COMMON DENOMINATORS

1. Find the "common denominator" by multiplying the denominators
2. Re-write the numerators by "cross multiplying
3. Add the numerators of the new "equivalent fractions"
4. Reduce the answer to simplest form and change it to a mixed fraction if necessary

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