How to Add or Subtract Mixed Numbers
Problem: (3 1/3) - (2 1/4)
- Turn mixed numbers into fractions by multiplying the denominator by the whole number and adding the numerator.
- For 3 1/3, multiply three by three and add one. You should get 10/3.
- For 2 1/4, multiply four by two and add one. You should get 9/4.
- In order to subtract 9/4 from 10/3, you need to give them common denominators.
- To do so, multiply each denominator by the other. Multiplying three by four equals 12.
- But remember that what you do to the bottom, you must do to the top, so now multiply both numerators by 10 by four and nine by three.
- Subtract 27/12 from 40/12. Remember that the denominator does not change.
- The total is 13/12 or 1 1/12.
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