Math Drills Adding And Subtracting Fractions. In the previous lessons, you learned that a fraction is part of a whole. Fraction addition works almost exactly the same way as normal addition!
An improper fraction has a top number larger than or equal to the bottom number in other words one and three quarters is the same as seven quarters.
If you want to add and subtract fractions with different denominators, you will need to follow these steps. That was easy, but, what about mixed numbers? Adding and subtracting fractions by hand is a very easy process. Let's go through an example of fraction addition.
