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3/5 + 3/10

• 9/12

• 9/10

• 3/5

• 6/10

5/12 + 1/3

• 6/12

• 9/12

• 6/15

• 3/4

1/3 + 1/9

• 4/9

• 9/12

• 6/15

• 3/12

What is the first step in solving this problem? 
⅘ + ½ =

• Add the top parts of the fraction
• Rewrite the fractions in the simplest form. 
• Find a common denominator. 
• Make each fraction into an improper faction. 

2/4 is the same as ____

• 3/4
• 1
• 1/4
• 1/2

The number on the top of a fraction is called what?

• numerator
• denominator
• fractionator
• equivalent

What do you need to have when adding unlike fractions?

• common denominator
• common numerator
• common numerator and denominator

• Add the top parts of the fraction

• Rewrite the fractions in the simplest form. 

• Find a common denominator. 

• Make each fraction into an improper faction. 

Add these Fractions

• 1

A construction company is digging a pit to build the foundation of a house. At the end of the first day, the company had hauled away 1/6 of a truckload of dirt. On the second day, they hauled away 2/6 of a truckload. How many truckloads did they haul away in all?