Adding Fractions with Like Denominators

Adding Fractions with Like Denominators

Read each question carefully and solve the problems by adding the fractions. Remember to simplify your answers to their lowest terms.

1. Add the following fractions:

Result:  

2. Add the following fractions:

Result:  

3. When adding fractions with the same denominator, you add the   and keep the   the same.

4. The sum of 3/8 and 2/8 is  .

5. To simplify a fraction, you divide both the numerator and the denominator by their    .

6. Solve and simplify: 1/6 + 2/6

7. Solve and simplify: 3/10 + 5/10

8. Which of the following is equivalent to 2/7 + 3/7?

9. To add 1/3 and 1/3, you add the numerators (1+1) and keep the denominator (3), resulting in 2/3.

10. The sum of 4/9 and 5/9 is 1 whole.