Fractions
by: Jordan Beeson
Adding and Subtracting
Step 1: First you find a common denominator. (a number they both have in common)
Step 2: Then you add or subtract the numerators.
Step 3: You simplify the fraction and you get your answer.
Multiplication
Step1: If there is a mixed number turn the mixed number to an improper fraction.
Step2: You simplify your fractions.
Step 3: You multiply top and top and bottom and bottom.
Step 4: If there was a mixed number in the problem then turn the improper fraction into a mixed number.
Division
Step 1: You turn your mixed numbers into improper fractions if you have any.
Step 2: You keep the first number, change the division sign into a multiplication sign,and flip the second fraction around.
Step 3: If you had any mixed numbers change your answer to a mixed number.