How do i add fractions and simplify the answer

There are 3 simple steps to add fractions:

Step1-Make sure the denominators are the same.

Step2-Add the numerators and put the answer over the denominator.

Step3-Simplify the answer if needed.

Simplifying:

You can simplify a fraction by dividing the numerator and denominator by their GCF.

Questions?

What you do as a simply way of saying it is add the top half and put it into fraction for

say the question was:

add then simplify - 2 + 3 = 5

10 10 = 10

so 5/10 ... what you do is divide ... 5 divided by 10 is 2 ... so it would be 1/2