Question

adding and subracting unlike denominators..

Answer 1

find a common denominator

Answer 2

thanks for your reply...its for my son he is in the 6th grade. is there an easier way to find it?

Answer 3

no it is the easiest

Answer 4

ok...so it says to write answer in the simpliest form for 1/2 + 2/3 is the common deno. 6?

Answer 5

yes so 1/2=3/6 & 2/3=4/6
=>1/2 + 2/3 = 3/6 + 4/6 = 7/6

Answer 6

you are awesome!!!!! now dose the same formula apply to the fraction when you subtract?

Answer 7

yes you use the same formula

Answer 8

great!!!! ok i would love for my son to see this will you b on here after four pm central standard time?

Answer 9

it is easy when you have denominators like 3 and 2, 6 and 8, but gets somewhat more complicated when you have denominators like 98 and 84

Answer 10

there is in fact a "method" for finding the least common multiple of two numbers

Answer 11

oh boy!!! we are going to need all the help we can get. please share the method with me?

Answer 12

if you have numbers with no common factors like 2 and 3 you multiply them together. so
lcm (2,3) is 6 and
lcm(4,7) is 28

but if they have common factors like 8 and 12 you can write

\[8=2^3,12=2^2\times 3\] and so
\[lcm (8,12)=2^3\times 3=24\]

Answer 13

usually an elementary school class will not have large denominators, and often (unfortunately) the teacher will simply put the numbers on the board and wait for someone to come up with the lcm

it is relatively easy to see for small numbers like 8 and 12, or 6 and 9 (it would be 18)

but there is the method of factoring and then taking each prime factor you see to the highest power you see in any one number.

Answer 14

hi my name is gj just got home from school can some one help me with fractions?