How to Navigate the Fraction Jungle: A Guide to Adding Fractions with Unlike Denominators
TL;DR: You can’t add one-third and one-fourth straight across, because the pieces are different sizes. The trick is to give them the same denominator first — rewrite each fraction over twelve, and one-third becomes four-twelfths while one-fourth becomes three-twelfths. Now you can add the numerators and get seven-twelfths. Simplify if you can. Once you see […]