Add the following fractions:
1/2
3/4
5/8
Find a common denominator
Use the highest denominator in the list
Start with 8
Calculate LCM
LCM = 8 for 3 fractions
Adjusted Fraction 1 → 4/8
Adjusted Fraction 2 → 6/8
Adjusted Fraction 3 → 5/8
Add our fractions
| 4 + 6 + 5 | |
| 8 |
15/8
15/8
What is the Answer?
15/8
How does the Multiple Fractions (Addition or Ordering) Calculator work?
Free Multiple Fractions (Addition or Ordering) Calculator - This adds 3 or more fractions or arranges a list of fractions from lowest to highest and highest to lowest (ordering fractions or sorting fractions)
This calculator has 1 input.
This calculator has 1 input.
What 8 concepts are covered in the Multiple Fractions (Addition or Ordering) Calculator?
- add
- To bring two or more numbers (or things) together to make a new total
+ - addition
- math operation involving the sum of elements
- denominator
- The bottom portion of a fraction. For a/b, b is the denominator
- fraction
- how many parts of a certain size exist
a/b where a is the numerator and b is the denominator - least common multiple
- Given 2 numbers a and b, the least common multiple LCM is the smallest positive integer that is divisible by both. It is commonly denoted as LCM(a, b)
- multiple fractions (addition or ordering)
- numerator
- the number above the line in a common fraction
- ordering
