🧮 Adding and Subtracting Fractions

Master the skills of adding and subtracting fractions with like and unlike denominators. **What you'll learn:** - Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator - Find common denominators to add and subtract unlike fractions - Simplify fraction answers to lowest terms - Solve real-world problems involving fraction addition and subtraction

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Question 1
What is $\frac{1}{4} + \frac{2}{4}$ ?
Question 2
What is $\frac{5}{6} - \frac{2}{6}$ ?
Question 3
$\frac{2}{5} + \frac{3}{5} =$ ___
Question 4
To add $\frac{1}{3}$ and $\frac{1}{2}$ , you can add the numerators and denominators to get $\frac{2}{5}$ .
Question 5
What is the common denominator for $\frac{1}{3}$ and $\frac{1}{4}$ ?
Question 6
What is $\frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{4}$ ?
Question 7
$\frac{3}{4} - \frac{1}{6} =$ ___
Question 8
Maya ate $\frac{2}{8}$ of a pizza and her brother ate $\frac{3}{8}$ of the same pizza. How much pizza did they eat together?
Question 9
What is $\frac{5}{6} - \frac{1}{4}$ in simplest form?
Question 10
A carpenter used $\frac{3}{5}$ metre of wood for one shelf and $\frac{1}{3}$ metre for another. How much wood did the carpenter use in total?