What is 32/1 + 2/4?

Here's how we add

Step 1

Now we need to make our denominators match.

4 goes into 1 evenly, so we only need to multiply one term to get a common denominator.

Multiply 32 by 4, and get 128, then we multiply 1 by 4 and get 4.

We now have a new problem, that looks like this:

Step 2

Since our denominators match, we can add the numerators.

128 + 2 = 130

That gives us the sum, which is

Step 3

Now, do we need to simplify this fraction?

First, we attempt to divide it by 2...

Are both the numerator and the denominator evenly divisible by 2? Yes! So we reduce it:

Let's try dividing by that again...

Nope! So now we try the next greatest prime number, 3...

No good. 3 is larger than 2. So we're done reducing.

There you have it! Here's the final answer to 32/1 + 2/4