Fraction calculator
This fractions calculator performs all fraction operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and evaluates expressions with fractions. It also shows detailed step-by-step information.
The result:
9 1/2 + 8 3/4 = 73/4 = 18 1/4 = 18.25
The spelled result in words is seventy-three quarters (or eighteen and one quarter).How do we solve fractions step by step?
- Conversion a mixed number 9 1/2 to a improper fraction: 9 1/2 = 9 1/2 = 9 · 2 + 1/2 = 18 + 1/2 = 19/2
To find a new numerator:
a) Multiply the whole number 9 by the denominator 2. Whole number 9 equally 9 * 2/2 = 18/2
b) Add the answer from the previous step 18 to the numerator 1. New numerator is 18 + 1 = 19
c) Write a previous answer (new numerator 19) over the denominator 2.
Nine and one half is nineteen halfs. - Conversion a mixed number 8 3/4 to a improper fraction: 8 3/4 = 8 3/4 = 8 · 4 + 3/4 = 32 + 3/4 = 35/4
To find a new numerator:
a) Multiply the whole number 8 by the denominator 4. Whole number 8 equally 8 * 4/4 = 32/4
b) Add the answer from the previous step 32 to the numerator 3. New numerator is 32 + 3 = 35
c) Write a previous answer (new numerator 35) over the denominator 4.
Eight and three quarters is thirty-five quarters. - Add: 19/2 + 35/4 = 19 · 2/2 · 2 + 35/4 = 38/4 + 35/4 = 38 + 35/4 = 73/4
It is suitable to adjust both fractions to a common (equal, identical) denominator for adding, subtracting, and comparing fractions. The common denominator you can calculate as the least common multiple of both denominators - LCM(2, 4) = 4. It is enough to find the common denominator (not necessarily the lowest) by multiplying the denominators: 2 × 4 = 8. In the following intermediate step, it cannot further simplify the fraction result by canceling.
In other words - nineteen halfs plus thirty-five quarters is seventy-three quarters.
Rules for expressions with fractions:
Fractions - write a forward slash to separate the numerator and the denominator, i.e., for five-hundredths, enter 5/100. If you use mixed numbers, leave a space between the whole and fraction parts.Mixed numerals (mixed numbers or fractions) - keep one space between the whole part and fraction and use a forward slash to input fraction i.e., 1 2/3 . A negative mixed fraction write for example as -5 1/2.
A slash is both a sign for fraction line and division, use a colon (:) for division fractions i.e., 1/2 : 1/3.
Decimals (decimal numbers) enter with a decimal dot . and they are automatically converted to fractions - i.e. 1.45.
Math Symbols
| Op | Symbol name | Symbol Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| + | plus sign | addition | 1/2 + 1/3 |
| - | minus sign | subtraction | 1 1/2 - 2/3 |
| * | asterisk | multiplication | 2/3 * 3/4 |
| × | times sign | multiplication | 2/3 × 5/6 |
| : | division sign | division | 1/2 : 3 |
| / | division slash | division | 1/3 / 5 |
| : | colon | complex fraction | 1/2 : 1/3 |
| ^ | caret | exponentiation / power | 1/4^3 |
| () | parentheses | calculate expression inside first | -3/5 - (-1/4) |
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Last Modified: December 30, 2024
