Addition of Fraction - Notes
Addition of Fraction - Notes
NUMBER SYSTEM
ADDITION OF FRACTIONS:
IN THE REAL WORLD
STUDY NOTES
FLOUR MILR
SUCAR
2
ADDING LIKE FRACTIONS
4
To bake one batch of choco chip cookies Jim adds cup of sugarto the mixture.
To bake one batch of butter cookies, Jim addscup of sugar to the mixture.
How much sugar did he use in total to make both type of cookies?
WE KNOW TO FIND
Cup of sugar required to make one batch of choco Total sugar used to make one batch
chip cookie = each of both types of cookies.
WE KNOW TOFIND
Cup of sugar required to make one batch of Total sugar used to make one batch
choco chip cookie each of both types of cookies.
butter cookie
HINT
LET'S SOLVE To add two or more like fractions,
add the numerators and keep the
Totalsugarrequired - * 9 denominator same.
2 4,3
1 cup 1 cup 2 2,3
-2/3 2/3 LCM 2 x 2 x3 =12 3 1 . 3
3/4-
+
3/4 LCM of 4 and 3 is 12. 1,1
4 3
1/2 /2
1/3 L1/3 Making fraction equivalent with
1/4 1/4 denominator 12.
1x3 and 1x4 4
and
4 x 3 3 x4 12
= 7
3 3+4
12
12 12
5
ADDING MIXED FRACTIONS
Jim poured 1cup of choco chips to decorate the truffle cake and 1 cup of
choco chips to decorate the black forest cake. How many cups of choco chips did
he use in total to decorate both the cake?
LET'S SOLVE
Improper fraction = 5
LCM of 4 and 8 = 8.
19
Converting to mixed fractions.
8