What is \(\dfrac{3}{4} + \dfrac{7}{4}\)?
Strategy:
You simply add the numerators while keeping the denominator the same.
\(\dfrac{3}{4} + \dfrac{7}{4} = \dfrac{10}{4} = \dfrac{5}{2}\)
The last part involved reducing the fraction. The fraction \( \dfrac{10}{4}\) was divisible. In that case, we needed to find the GCF (greatest common factor) of \(10\) and \(4\) which is \(2\) and then divide the fraction top and bottom by it.
\(1, 2, 5, 10\)
\(1, 2. 4\)