Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers

What must you do first in order to add or subtract fractions with unlike denominators?

April has 2/3 cup sugar and Mike has  1 3/6 cups of sugar. How much do they have together? 

6½ - 2⅔

8  2/4 - 3  2/3=
Simplify/Reduce if needed.

What is the sum?

Jerome wants to walk to school. He lives 2 1/4 miles away. So far, he has walked 7/8 of a mile. How far does he have left to go?

Add the mixed numbers vertically. Simplify if needed.

What is the process of making two fractions with unlike denominators able to be added or subtracted called?

A number that includes both a whole number and a fraction (such as $$3\ \frac{1}{2}$$  ) is called a...

(a)  

Find Lowest Common Denominator & solve
1   3/7      +       7   5/11 =