Math homework help -
adding and subtracting
mixed numbers
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Add and subtract mixed numbers - 1
Add and subtract mixed numbers - 2
Add and subtract mixed numbers - 1
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- The more common method of adding mixed numbers is to add the whole numbers together and add the fractions together. However, you can also convert each of the mixed numbers to improper fractions and add them up. If you do them this way, don't forget to convert your final answer (obtained as an improper fraction) back to a mixed number. After all, you want to write down your final answer as a mixed number when you are adding mixed numbers.
Take for example #2
5 3⁄4 + 6 5⁄12
= 23⁄4 + 77⁄12
= 69⁄12 + 77⁄12
= 146⁄12
= 12 2⁄12 that simplifies to 12 1⁄6
- Look at problem #5. One way of doing that is already shown in the picture. This could have been done in another way: subtract 2 from 8 so you get 6; 6 - 4⁄7; = 5 3⁄7;
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Add and subtract mixed numbers - 2
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Look at #14 for example.
7 2⁄3 - 4 5⁄6
= 23⁄3 - 29⁄6
= 46⁄6 - 29⁄6
= 17⁄6
= 2 5⁄6
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