Adding Fractions with Like Denominators

What is the result of adding three-fifths to three-fifths?

• Six-fifths

• Six-tenths

• One whole

• Three-tenths

What does a denominator indicate in a fraction?

• The number of parts greater than the whole

• The total number of parts selected

• The subtraction of numerators

• The number of equal parts the whole is divided into

When adding fractions with the same denominator, what should you do?

• Add only the numerators and keep the denominator the same

• Multiply the numerators

• Add both numerators and denominators

• None of the above

What type of fraction is six-fifths?

• Mixed number

• Improper fraction

• Proper fraction

• Equivalent fraction

What is an improper fraction?

• A fraction that cannot be simplified

• A fraction equivalent to one whole

• A fraction where the numerator is greater than the denominator

• A fraction where the numerator is less than the denominator

What is a mixed number?

• A combination of a whole number and a fraction

• A fraction with unlike denominators

• A fraction where the numerator equals the denominator

• A simplified fraction

What does the fraction 11/8 indicate?

• A fraction less than one whole

• A proper fraction

• A fraction that simplifies to one

• Eleven parts out of eight

What is the sum of 5/8 and 6/8?

• 11/8

• 1/8

• 3/4

• 11/16

Why should answers be kept as improper fractions initially?

• To better understand parts over the whole

• All of the above

• To simplify calculations

• To avoid confusion with mixed numbers

How do you convert an improper fraction to a mixed number?

• Multiply the denominators

• None of the above

• Add the numerators

• Divide the numerator by the denominator and adjust the remainder