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Title: Subtracting Mixed Numbers


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Subtracting Mixed Numbers
  • Lesson 4-5

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Process
  • Use the least common multiple to write equivalent
    fractions if the denominators are not the same.
  • Subtract numerators. If you cannot subtract
    numerators, then rename the first mixed number.
  • Subtract whole numbers.
  • Simplify.

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Borrowing not required
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7
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6
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8
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5
8
8
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1
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This answer is in simplest form.
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A Picture of Renaming
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5
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  • This is a picture of three and one third.
  • We want to take away one whole and five sixths.
  • To do this, we need to rename to sixths.
  • Now we can cross out five of the sixths.
  • We have subtracted the fractions. Now subtract
    the wholes.
  • Take away one whole.
  • Now we have two sixths, but we need to take away
    five sixths. We dont have enough sixths.
  • Rename one whole to six sixths.
  • We are left with one whole and three sixths.

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Rename Mathematically
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3
3

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1
8
2
6
x 2
3
6
6
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1
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x 1
6
6
1
3
We already had two sixths, and now we have
borrowed one whole, which is six more sixths.
The LCM of 3 and 6 is 6.
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We have equivalent fractions, but we dont have
enough sixths to subtract.
Two and six are eight. We now have eight sixths.

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1
2
Borrow from the whole number. Rename the whole
as six sixths.
Subtract the fractions, then the whole numbers.
Simplify.
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Another Example
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1

14
14
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9
21
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7
x 7
14
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4
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x 2
14
7
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The LCM of 2 and 7 is 14.
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We do not have enough fourteenths, so we must
borrow from the 9.
This answer is in simplest form.
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Subtracting from a whole number
  • If you are subtracting a mixed number from a
    whole number, then rename the whole number.
  • Borrow one whole and use the denominator from the
    fraction.

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Example
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8
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8
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8
8
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5
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We choose eight eighths because the denominator
of the fraction is 8.
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Homework Time
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