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2/4 + 1/2 = 1/1 = 1

Spelled result in words is one.

How do you solve fractions step by step?

  1. Add: 2/4 + 1/2 = 2/4 + 1 · 2/2 · 2 = 2/4 + 2/4 = 2 + 2/4 = 4/4 = 4 · 1/4 · 1 = 1
    For adding, subtracting, and comparing fractions, it is suitable to adjust both fractions to a common (equal, identical) denominator. The common denominator you can calculate as the least common multiple of both denominators - LCM(4, 2) = 4. In practice, it is enough to find the common denominator (not necessarily the lowest) by multiplying the denominators: 4 × 2 = 8. In the next intermediate step, , cancel by a common factor of 4 gives 1/1.
    In words - two quarters plus one half = one.

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An asterisk * or × is the symbol for multiplication.


adding fractions: 2/4 + 3/4
subtracting fractions: 2/3 - 1/2
multiplying fractions: 7/8 * 3/9
dividing Fractions: 1/2 : 3/4
exponentiation of fraction: 3/5^3
fractional exponents: 16 ^ 1/2
dividing integer and fraction: 5 ÷ 1/2
complex fractions: 5/8 : 2 2/3
decimal to fraction: 0.625
Fraction to Decimal: 1/4
Fraction to Percent: 1/8 %
comparing fractions: 1/4 2/3
square root of a fraction: sqrt(1/16)
compound fraction: 3/4 of 5/7
fractions multiple: 2/3 of 3/5


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