Question

What method do you prefer to use when adding or subtracting fractions and mixed numbers? For example, do you find common denominators first, convert fractions into decimals and then back into fractions, or simplify fractions first and then add or subtract them? Explain why you prefer to use this method. Give at least one example of using this method. As you learn new strategies throughout the unit, you may change which method you prefer to use. If that happens, explain why you changed your preferred method

Answer 1

Answer:

Step 1: Keep the denominator the same.

Step 2: Add or subtract the numerators.

Step 3: If the answer is an improper form, reduce the fraction into a mixed number.

Step-by-step explanation:

$\frac{5}{4} +\frac{6}{4} =$$\frac{5+6}{4} =\frac{11}{4}$