Regrouping With Mixed Numbers

4  1/3  -  1  2/3

• 1  2/3

• 3  2/3

• 2  2/3

• 4  2/3

6  1/4  -  2  3/4 

• 3   1/2

• 3  3/4

• 4  1/2

• 4   1/4

7 4/5 - 3 1/5

• 4 3/5

• 3 4/5

• 11

• 4 2/5

8  1/2 +  2  1/2 =

• 12

• 11

• 11  1/2

• 12  1/2

John bought 5 1/4 bags of garden soil. He put the soil in three big pots. He put the same amount of soil in each pot. How much soil did John put in one pot?

• 1 3/4 bags

• 8 1/4 bags

• 63/4 or 15 3/4 bags

• 2 1/4 bags

During regrouping with mixed number subtraction, the fraction will end up changing to an (a)   fraction.

• improper

• mixed

• equivalent

7  2/7  -  3  5/7=

• 2  4/7

• 3  4/7

• 4  4/7

• 3  2/7

4  1/2  - 1  1/2 

• 3  1/2

• 3

• 2  1/2

• 2

5  1/4  -  3  3/4

• 1  3/4

• 1  2/3

• 1/2

• 1  1/2

5  3/5  -  1  4/5

• 3  4/5

• 3  3/4

• 3  3/5

• 4 3/5