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Fraction Calculator Calculator handles simple operations for adding, subtracting, dividing or multiplying fractions and returns an answer in a reduced fraction and a mixed number.

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  • Fraction Calculator

    Calculator handles simple operations for adding, subtracting, dividing or multiplying fractions and returns an answer in a reduced fraction and a mixed number.

  • How to Calculate Fractions? This calculator supports the following

    operations Addition Subtraction Multiplication Dividing

  • Fraction calculator : Addition.

    Step 1: Analyze the operation

    This is an addition problem, so we need to find two equivalent fractions that have the same denominators. Then we can add the numerators together.

  • Step 2: Convert to improper form

    It's difficult to perform arithmetic on mixed numbers, so we want to convert them to

    improper fractions. Use this formula for the conversion:

    Whole Denominator + Numerator = New Numerator

  • The first fraction needs to be converted to improper form.

    Plug in the values of the first fraction into the formula:

    1 2 + 1 = 3

    Re-writing the first fraction, we get 3/2.

  • Step 3: Find a common denominator

    List the multiples of each denominator until a common number is found.

    Multiples of 2: 2, 4, 6

    Multiples of 3: 3, 6

    Now we know 6 is the least common denominator of 3/2 and 2/3.

  • Step 4: Write each fraction with the common denominator

    We want the denominator of each fraction to be 6. But we can't change the denominator without changing the numerator too.

    To find the new numerator of each fraction, use this formula:

    (Common Denominator Denominator) x Numerator = New Numerator

  • Plug in the values of the first fraction into the formula:

    (6 2) 3 = 9

    Re-writing the first fraction, we get 9/6.

    Plug in the values of the second fraction into the formula:

    (6 3) 2 = 4

    Re-writing the second fraction, we get 4/6.

  • Step 5: Add the numerators and write over common denominator

    Add the first numerator and the second numerator together:

    9 / 6 + 4 / 6 = 13 / 6

  • Step 6: Convert to mixed number

    13/6 is improper because the numerator is greater than or equal to the denominator.

    We need to turn it into a mixed number. Divide the denominator into the numerator:

    ____6 |13 | 2 - 12 ------- 01

  • The quotient, 2, is the whole part of the mixed number. The remainder, 1, is the numerator of the fraction. Putting it all together, we get:

    2 1/6

    Source: Fraction Calculatorhttps://www.easycalculation.com/fraction-calculator.php

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