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Use visual fraction models to add and subtract fractions with the same denominators. Use visual fraction models to add and subtract fractions with the same denominators. Notice patterns in the ...

Fractions can be added in different ways: When the denominators are the same, add the numerators. Sometimes the final answer can be simplified. close simplify (a fraction)To reduce a fraction to its ...

A fraction is part of a whole. When you find a fraction of an amount, you work out how much that part is worth, compared to the whole. Here is a quarter written as a fraction. The numerator is 1 and ...