Fall Break

Fall Break starts at the end of the school day on October 9th and students will return on October 15th. I hope that the break will be a great break for us all and we all come back to school all ready to start a new nine week period.

Adding Fractions

Adding fractions is a pretty straightforward operation, if you follow the rules. But the key is to make sure the denominators are the same. That way, our point of reference is the same and we can now work the problem.
Here is the Rule for adding fractions:
If needed, we have to build each fraction so that the denominators are the same.
Then, we add the numerators.
The denominator of your answer will be the same denominator of the built-up fractions.
As always we have to reduce or simplify the answer, if required.
Note: We Do Not Add denominators!