Adding& Subtracting Fractions
3/8 + 1/6
9/24 + 4/24=13/24
2 1/3+1 7/9
3 10/9
4 1/9
Maria used ⅔ cup of sugar for a cake and ⅚ cup of sugar for cookies. How many cups of sugar did she use in total?
4/6 + 5/6
9/6 =1 3/6 = 1 1/2 cups
4/5-1/3
12/15-5/15=7/15
3 1/6 - 1 1/2
3 1/6 - 1 3/6
2 7/6 - 1 3/6
1 4/6 =1 2/3
A ribbon is 5 ½ meters long. If 2 ¾ meters are cut off, how much ribbon remains?
5 2/4 - 2 3/4
4 6/4 - 2 3/4
2 3/4 meters
7/9-(1/6+1/3)
14/18-(3/18+6/18)
14/18-9/18
5/18
4 4/8 - 1 5/8
3 12/8-1 5/8
2 7/8
3/4+(2/3-1/12)
9/12+(8/12-1/12)
9/12+7/12
16/12= 1 4/12 = 1 1/3
4 2/3 + 6 15/18
4 12/18 + 6 15/18
10 27/18
11 9/18 =11 1/2