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Why is adding 3/9 and 6/9 different from multpying the two fractions? Explain

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When you add fractions, you have to have the same denominator whereas, when you multiply them, you don't have to. (In this case the denominators are already the same.) Also, multiplying the fractions would make the result smaller whereas adding them would make it larger.

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