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Denominator. For The Problem 1/4 + 2/3, For Example, Since The

To add or subtract fractions, you first find the least common denominator (LCD), which is the smallest number that is a multiple of all the denominators. The LCD allows you to convert the fractions to equivalent fractions with a common denominator so they can be added or subtracted. For example, when adding 1/4 + 2/3, the LCD is 12, so the fractions are converted to 3/12 + 8/12 before being added. When subtracting -2/9 - 11/6, the LCD is 18, so the fractions are converted to -4/18 - 22/18 before being subtracted.

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Denominator. For The Problem 1/4 + 2/3, For Example, Since The

To add or subtract fractions, you first find the least common denominator (LCD), which is the smallest number that is a multiple of all the denominators. The LCD allows you to convert the fractions to equivalent fractions with a common denominator so they can be added or subtracted. For example, when adding 1/4 + 2/3, the LCD is 12, so the fractions are converted to 3/12 + 8/12 before being added. When subtracting -2/9 - 11/6, the LCD is 18, so the fractions are converted to -4/18 - 22/18 before being subtracted.

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Fractions – Addition & Subtraction

I. When adding or subtracting fractions, start by finding their Least Common


Denominator. For the problem 1/4 + 2/3, for example, since the
denominators of 4 and 3 have no factors in common, the LCD is 4 • 3 or 12.
So we multiply top and bottom of the first fraction by 3, and top and bottom
of the second fraction by 4, and the problem simplifies as follows:

II. For the problem -2/9 - 11/6, shown below, since our denominators of 9 and 6
have a common factor of 3, we find that our Least Common Denominator is
18 (work shown in the box). Note that a Least Common Denominator is just
the Least Common Multiple for our denominators.

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