Question

Add or subtract the following mixed numbers using the first method. (Add the whole numbers; add the fractions; combine the parts of the sum for the answer.) Be sure your answers are in mixed number format and reduced to lowest terms.

2 2/3 + 4 1/8 =

Answer 1

6 19/24

Explanation:

First, we make the denomanators the same

2 16/24 + 4 3/24

Next, we add

6 19/24

We can't symplify so that's the answer