Summer Skills worksheets - All Saints
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SKILL<br />
31<br />
Name Date Period<br />
Subtracting Fractions<br />
and Mixed Numbers<br />
To subtract fractions and mixed numbers, first rename each fraction by finding the LCD<br />
if necessary. Then rename, if necessary, to subtract. Next subtract the fractions and then<br />
the whole numbers. Rename and simplify if necessary.<br />
Example 1 Find 4 2 5 1 9<br />
10 .<br />
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3<br />
Rename each fraction Rename if necessary Subtract and simplify<br />
finding the LCD if to subtract. if necessary.<br />
necessary.<br />
4<br />
4 10 3 1 1 0 0 1 4 0<br />
4 2 5 4 1 4 0 31 1 4 3 1 4<br />
0 <br />
1 0 <br />
9<br />
1 9<br />
10 1 9<br />
10 1<br />
4<br />
4 10 10 3 1 1 4 0 5<br />
9 2 10 or 2 1<br />
1<br />
9 2 <br />
10 1<br />
10 Example 2 Find 6 – 3 1 6 .<br />
6 5 6 6 <br />
3 1 6 <br />
31 6 <br />
2 5 6 <br />
Subtract. Write each difference in simplest form.<br />
1. 14 2 3 2. 10 3. 77 9 4. 81 3 <br />
12 4 3 4 34 9 42 3 <br />
5. 15 1 4 6. 163 8 7. 143 7 8. 18 3<br />
10 <br />
5 1 2 25 6 101 2 74 5 <br />
© Glencoe/McGraw-Hill 61 Algebra
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