Adding & Subtracting Rational Numbers

Adding Fractions

100

-5 1/3 + 8 2/3

What is 3 1/3

200

4 5/6 + (-1 2/3)

What is 3 1/6

300

-18 7/9 + 7 4/9

What is -11 1/3

400

-5 3/5 + 7 3/4 +(-3 7/5)

What is -1 25/20

500

-12 7/8 + (-2 1/2)+(-7 3/4)

What is - 23 1/8

Subtracting Fractions

100

-8 1/2 - 4

What is -12 1/2

200

7 3/8 - (-2 1/8)

What is 9 1/2

300

-26 2/5 - ( -11 1/5)

What is -15 1/5

400

14 1/7 - ( -3 3/14) - (10 2/7)

What is 7 1/14

500

-5 3/6 - ( -10 2/3) - ( -5 3/6)

What is 10 2/3

Adding Decimals

100

-13.4 + 8.6

What is -4.8

200

7.51 + 22.08

What is 29.59

300

-41.90 + 22

What is 19.90

400

117.4 + 8.93 + (-328.49)

What is -202.16

500

- 328.17 + 63.40 + (-117.67)

What is -482.44

Subtracting Decimals

100

-3.7 - 14.9

What is -18.6

200

22.43 - 4.07

What is 18.36

300

-81.36 - 41.93

What is -123.29

400

7.85 - ( -31.03) - 9.64

What is 29.24

500

206.14 - 131.78 - ( -173.85)

What is 248.21

Math Rules

100

Part 1 - what is the sign of the sum of 2 negative numbers? Part 2 - what is the sign of the sum of 2 positive numbers?

What is Part 1 - negative Part 2 - positive

200

Double Jeopardy!!!! How can you know what sign will be for the sum of a negative and a positive number?

The answer will have the same sign as the number with the greatest absolute value.

300

What has to happen anytime we have a double negative, (the -(-#))?

What is turning the double negative into a positive?

400

What has to be done before you can add or subtract fractions?

What is make the denominators the same

500

What has to be done before you can add or subtract decimals?

What is line up the decimal point (and the place values)