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Fractions Skill 4 - 24B

Subtract Like Fractions Answers to test question 24B Question 1: x = 2. Question 2: x = 2

Directions: Find the value of x. Draw a model if it helps you.

1.
2 – 1 = x 2.
3 – 2 = x
3 3 3 4 4 4

3.
4 – 1 = x 4.
5 – 2 = x
6 6 6 8 8 8

5.
2 – 1= 1 6.
5 – 3 = x
4 4 x 6 6 6

7.
7 – 2 = 5 8. 5 – 3 = x
x x 8 7 7 7

9. 8 – x = 5 10. 3 – x = 2
9 9 9 3 3 3

11.
7 – 2 = 5 or 1 12.
6 – x = 4
10 10 10 x 7 7 7

13.
6 – x = 3 14.
3 – 1 = 2 or 1
12 12 12 4 4 4 x
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Fractions Skill 4 - 24A

Subtract Like Fractions

Directions: Find the value of x. Draw a model if it helps you.

15.
7 – 4 = 3 or 1 16.
7 – 3 = 4
9 9 9 x x x 10

17.
7 – x = 5 18.
7 – 6 = x
12 12 12 8 8 8

19.
8 – x = 7 20.
7 – x = 3
9 9 9 16 16 16

21. 6 – 2 = 4 22.
6 – 2 = 4 or 2
x x 12 10 10 10 x

23.
5 – 1 = 4 or 1 24.
10 – 8 = 4 or 1
8 8 8 x 12 12 12 x

25.
2 – 1 = x 26.
4 – 2 = x
8 8 8 5 5 5

27.
6 – x = 4 28.
8 – 2 = 6 or 1
9 9 9 12 12 12 x
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Answer Key: Grade 4: Skill 24B
1. x = 1 2. x = 1 3. x = 3 4. x = 3 5. x = 4 6. x = 2
7. x = 8 8. x = 2 9. x = 3 10. x = 1 11. x = 2 12. x = 2
13. x = 3 14. x = 2 15. x = 3 16. x = 10 17. x = 2 18. x = 1
19. x = 1 20. x = 4 21. x = 12 22. x = 5 23. x = 2 24. x = 3
25. x = 1 26. x = 2 27. x = 2 28. x = 2