Webmath.com: Doing math with fractions

The problem here is to add

and

These two fractions do not have the same denominators (lower numbers), so we must first find a common denominator of the two fractions, before adding them together.

For the denominators here, the 2 and 4, a common denominator for both is 4.

With the common denominator, the
becomes a

and the
becomes a

So now our addition problem becomes this...

The problem here is to add and

Since these two fractions have the same denominators (the numbers under the fraction bar), we can add them together by simply adding the numerators (the 2 and 3 = 5), while keeping the same denominator (the 4).

And, we just add the whole number parts, or 3 + 0 = 3.

Our answer here is:

The fraction is an improper fraction (the numerator is greater than the denominator).
While there is nothing incorrect about this, an improper fraction is typically
simplified further into a mixed number.

The whole number part of the mixed number is found by dividing the 5 by the 4.
In this case we get 1.

The fractional part of the mixed number is found by using the remainder of the division,
which in this case is 1 (5 divided by 4 is 1 remainder 1).

The final answer is: