IXL | Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators

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Use a common denominator to add or subtract fractions.

You can use 12 as the common denominator.

Multiply the numerator and the denominator of

by 2 to find an equivalent fraction.

1 × 2

6 × 2

Now add the fractions. Add the numerators and keep the denominators the same.

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