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Subject – Mathematics
Chapter 4 – FRACTIONS
Sub-topic-6:- ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION OF LIKE FRACTIONS
Addition of Like Fractions:
In order to add two or more like fractions, we may follow the following steps:
Step I:
Obtain the fractions.
Step II:
Add the numerators of all fractions.
Step III:
Retain the common denominator of all fractions.
Step IV:
Write the fraction as Result in Step II / Result in Step III.
For Example:
Add the following fractions.
1
4
1. / 6 + / 6
Solution:
We have,
4
1 / 6 + / 6
= (1+4) / 6
5
= / 6
2
3
4
2. / 7 + / 7 + / 7
Solution:
