What is 96/2 + 1/4?

Here's how you add

Step 1

Our denominators (bottom numbers) don't match, so we can't add yet.

4 goes into 2 evenly, so we only need to multiply one term to get a common denominator.

Multiply 96 by 2, and get 192, then we multiply 2 by 2 and get 4.

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

Step 2

Since our denominators match, we can add the numerators.

192 + 1 = 193

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...

Nope. Try the next prime number, 3...

Nope. Try the next prime number, 5...

No good. 5 is larger than 4. So we're done reducing.

Congratulations! Here's your final answer to 96/2 + 1/4