Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{9}{2}+\frac{8}{12}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{9}{2} + \frac{ 8 : \color{orangered}{ 4 } }{ 12 : \color{orangered}{ 4 }} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ }\frac{9}{2}+\frac{2}{3} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{31}{6}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Divide both the top and bottom numbers by $ \color{orangered}{ 4 } $. |
| ② | Add $ \dfrac{9}{2} $ and $ \dfrac{2}{3} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 31 } }{ 6 }$. To add fractions they must have the same denominator. |