Page 1 - LN-7

SAI International School

Sub – Mathematics

Class - IV

TOPIC: FRACTION

SUB TOPIC-7: 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,

1 / 6 + / 6
4

= (1+4) / 6
5
= / 6

4
2
3
2. / 7 + / 7 + / 7