How do i add fractions and simplify the answer

There are 3 simple steps to add fractions:
Step1-Make sure the denominators are the same.
Step2-Add the numerators and put the answer over the denominator.
Step3-Simplify the answer if needed.

Simplifying:
You can simplify a fraction by dividing the numerator and denominator by their GCF.

Questions?

What you do as a simply way of saying it is add the top half  and put it into fraction for 
say the question was:
add then simplify-                         2  +  3  =  5       
                                                    10    10 = 10 
so 5\10  ... what you do is divide...  5 divided by 10 is 2... so it would be 1\2 

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