Answer:
make sure the denominators (common denominators) are the same in order to add the fractions
Example:
1/2+2/16
common denominator for 1/2 is 16
multiply by 8 for 1/2
1*8/2*8=8/16
8/16+2/16=10/16
reduce fraction by dividing by 2
10/2=5
16/2=8
10/16=5/8