INSTRUCTIONS

The following  image was made from Add Fractions - Strict:

Addition with Fractions - Strict is similar to the previous program ADD UNLIKE FRACTIONS except that the addends may be mixed numbers and the sum must be entered so that the numerator is smaller than the denominator and the numerator and denominator are in lowest terms.

See the program MIXED NUMBERS for information on writing fractions in mixed form.

See the program RENAME IN LOWEST TERMS for information on writing fractions in lowest terms.

Written out, the example would look like this:

You may prefer to work vertically:

You may prefer to write each addend in fraction form first:

In the above example, only 4 1/20 is acceptable.

In many examples, the sum may be found by visually combining the two addends.