MATHEMATICS

ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023 Semester 1

Name : _______________________
Student’s No : _______
Theme: Fraction Class : 5 A/B/C/D
Sub Theme: Adding Fractions Date : ________________
Note 1

Addition of Fraction Numbers

Basic knowledge of Addition of Fraction Numbers

Make use of LCM ( least common multiple )

Recalling how to determine LCM

Example:
LCM of 12 and 18
One of the ways:
(Remember Prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, . . . )
12 18
2 6 2 9
2 3 3 3

12 = 2 x 2 x 3

18 = 2 x 3 x 3

LCM  2 x 2 x 3 x 3 ( the same one was written once )

= 4 x 9

= 36

Example problems with adding ordinary fractions:

5 1
+ =?
12 18

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Method 1

Equate the denominator by determining the LCM of the denominators of the fraction
number to add. LCM of 12 and 18 is 36, then the problem is changed to:

5 1
12
+ 18
=?

36 :12 x 5 36 :18 x 1 15 2
36
+ 36
= 36
+ 36

17
= 36

Method 2

Equate the denominator by multiplying the denominators.

Problems example :

5 1
+ = ?
12 18

5 1 5 x 18 1 x 12 90 12
+ = + = +
12 18 12 x 18 12 x 18 216 216

102 102:6 17
= (must be simplified)  =
216 216 :6 36

We choose the method that we think is easy, method 1 and method 2 have advantages
and disadvantages of each.

Students, to further deepen our material, you can learn the Text Book on pages 37-43
and then do the exercises in your Work Book, go to page 42 (answers may be written in

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a notebook/HVS paper or directly in the Work book), Then the answer is photographed
first and uploaded.