Adding/Subtracting Fraction Polynomials

FABULARY VOCABULARY

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When do we reduce?

Beginning or End 

200

When do we NOT reduce

Middle

300

If we can't reduce, what else should we try?

factor!

400

Can we reduce 12b - 4 / 8b

No, but you can factor then reduce

500

The operation are we looking for to reduce and cross reduce

What is multiplication

WHAT'S IN COMMON?

100

8xy + 4z

What is 4?

200

8xy + 3x²z

What is x?

300

7a²b³ - 21ab²

What is 7ab²

400

(10p -20) / 6p² - 12p

What is 2?

500

(2p-2) / (2p² - 6p + 4)

What is 2 and (p-1)?

REDUCTION DEDUCTION

100

This reduces to: (4 + x) / (2 + x)

What is: itself

200

(4+3) / 12

What is 7/12

300

{4(3)} / 14

What is {2(3)} / 7 = 6/7

400

(14x+10) / 20

Factor: 2(7x+5) / 20 = (7x+5) / 10

500

The first step is: (40x² + 16x) / 40x

The answer is: 

What is: Factor first

{8x(5x+2)} / 40x = (5x+2) / 5

SLING OR CLING

100

2/3 + 3/(5p + 6)

What is (10p +21) / (15p + 18)?

200

(x - 6) / (x+1) - 3 / (x - 3)

What is (x² - 12x +15) / (x+1)(x-3) 

OR 

/ by x² -2x -3

300

2y/4x + 2x/6

What is (3y + 2x²) / 6x?

400

(n-4) / (3n² - 21n + 18) + 5n/2n

What is (15n² - 103n + 82) / (6n² - 42n + 36)

500

(a + 1) / (a² -5a +6) - 6a/4

What is (-3a³ + 15a² -16a + 2) / (2a² - 10a +12)?

HIGH STAKES SNAKES

100

(6a + 6b) / 16a³b² + (a+6b)/16a³b²

What is (7a +12b) / 16a³b²

200

3x / 30y³ - 3x / 30y³

What is 0?

300

3x/3 + 6x/5y

What is (5xy + 6x) / 5y

400

6b / (b-5) - 5/(5(b+1)

What is (6b² +5b - 5) / (b² -4b -5)

500

(p-6) / (9p² -54p) - 5p

What is (1 - 45p²) / 9p