How Form 8815 Subtract 2022-2023

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One of the trickiest things to pick up on is how to work with fraction the reaction most people have when they see a fraction is to run the other direction fractions fractions and that's not what we want to do what we want to do is hit them right on the head we need to add we need to subtract fractions we need to multiply and divide the four basic operations that's all we have to do first we have to learn to add them which is actually the hardest one for me okay so we want to add 2/5 plus 1/5 we need to have a rule or some sort of process to add a fraction Curtis do you know how to add fractions I sure can mister mangled or hi I'm Curtis and n fractions is easy to fence plus 1/5 2 plus 1 is 1 2 3 & 6 this bottom number is the same I just keep it 2/5 plus 1/5 I reckon is gonna be 3/5 okay thanks Curtis as he said if the bottom numbers are the same then we can just add the top two numbers that's it if the bottom numbers are the same if they have a common denominator we add the top two numbers and keep the original bottom number so what happens when we have a different denominator or the number on the bottom is not the same how do we add the top numbers right there's gotta be something for that Curtis do you know you know I - sure how to because those bottom numbers is their friend okay maybe not so when looking this is really easy we want to make this bottom number the same so we can follow our first rule and just...