Fraction Calculator

Written by: H. Candido on 2025-04-01

A fraction calculator simplifies the often tedious process of adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing fractions, handling common denominators, simplification, and conversions between fraction types automatically. It’s a helpful tool for students learning fractions, as well as for anyone who needs to perform calculations with fractions accurately and quickly in fields like cooking, construction, or engineering.

Uses

The calculator is a useful tool for students learning fractions, as well as for anyone who needs to perform fraction calculations accurately and quickly in areas such as cooking, construction, or engineering.

In addition to free online calculators, there are also dedicated applications for computers or mobile devices to calculate fractions, and scientific calculators with integrated functions to manage these numbers.

Applications for fraction calculation

For Mobile Devices (iOS and Android):

1. Photomath: Very popular, allows you to point your camera at a math problem (including fractions) and provides a step-by-step solution. Great for learning.
2. Microsoft Math Solver: Similar to Photomath, it offers step-by-step solutions to various math problems, including fraction operations.
3. Calculator Plus (or Calcolatrice Plus): There are several apps with this name. Many “Plus” or “Pro” versions of standard calculator apps include advanced features such as fraction calculations. For example, “Calculator Plus” by Digitalchemy is often well reviewed.
4. Fraction Calculator Plus (Fraction Calculator Plus): Apps specifically dedicated to calculating fractions, often with a visual interface that clearly shows the numerator and denominator. There are several on the stores (e.g. this one from Digitalchemy or others).
5. WolframAlpha: Even though it is accessible via the web, the WolframAlpha app is extremely powerful for all types of mathematical calculations, including complex operations with fractions and their conversions.
6. GeoGebra Graphing / Scientific Calculator: GeoGebra offers a suite of free math tools, and its calculator apps (graphing or scientific) handle fractions well, placing them in a broader mathematical context.
7. Built-in/Popular Scientific Calculators: Many apps that replicate scientific calculators (such as those that simulate Casio or TI models) have specific ways to enter and calculate fractions.

For Computer (Windows, macOS, Linux):

Access to Online Tools: From your computer, it is extremely common to use web-based fraction calculators (such as those on Calculator.net, MiniWebtool, browser-accessible WolframAlpha) that do not require installation.

Windows Calculator: The calculator included with Windows 10/11, when set to “Scientific” mode, offers some functionality for calculations that may involve fractions or conversions, although it is not always the most direct interface for complex fractions.

GeoGebra: Also available as free desktop software, it offers powerful mathematical features, including fraction handling.

Microsoft Mathematics: A free (though perhaps less recently updated) software from Microsoft that offered a complete set of mathematical tools, including fraction calculations.

Advanced Math Software: Programs like MATLAB, Maple, or Mathematica (more geared toward engineers, scientists, and academics) handle fractions and complex symbolic calculations, but they are professional, paid software and much more powerful than a simple fraction calculator.