Change them into mixed numbers and add the integers and fractions together ensuring that the fractions have a common denominator.
Chat with our AI personalities
Mixed numbers can be converted to improper fractions. Improper fractions can be added the same way proper fractions are.
he fact that they are improper is irrelevant. Re-scale the fractions so that they have the same denominator and thenadd or subtract as required.
It is best to convert the mixed fraction to an improper fraction. They are then added together in the same way as proper fractions are added together.
You need to learn how to convert from improper fractions to mixed fractions and vice versa; however, for most other operations, such as compare, add, subtract, multiply, and divide them, it really doesn't make much difference whether the fraction is proper or improper.
Improper fractions can't become proper fractions.