Adding and Subtracting Fractions

With Regrouping
Review:
Find each sum or differrence. Simplify the
answer.
5 2
1. 9
+ =
9
2 2
2. 8
+ =
8
6 4
3. 10
+ =
10
12 2
4. 15
− =
15
7 3
5. 12
− =
12
 Solve these problems.
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1. Kristelle bought kg of peanuts, kg of
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cashew nuts, and kg of pili nuts. How
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many kilograms of nuts did she buy in all?
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2. Yesterday, Meena used kg of flour to bake
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cupcakes. Today, she uses kg. How many
10
more kilograms of flour did she use yesterday
than today?
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3. Anna is cm taller than Sally and cm
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shorter than Paul. How tall is Paul an Sally?
 Adding and Subtracting Dissimilar Fractions

• Change the fractions to similar fractions.

– Find the least common multiple (LCM) of the
denominators, otherwise known as Least
Common Denominator (LCD).
– Find the equivalent fractions using the LCD.
• Add/Subtract the numerators of the similar
fractions, then write the sum over the LCD.
• Simplify the answer.
Find each sum or differrence. Simplify the
answer.
5 2
1. 9
+ =
3
7 3
2. 8
− =
12
6 4
3. 10
+ =
5
4 2
4. 9
+ =
3
2 3
5. 7 + =
3 4
1. Before breakfast, we had a pitcher of fresh
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juice that contained 8 cups of fresh orange
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1
juice. After breakfast there was cup of juice
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left. How much did we drink?
2. Patty and Paul walk to their school from their
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house. It takes Paul 8 minutes to walk,
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7 minutes.
while it takes Patty How many
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minutes longer does Paul walk than Patty?
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3. For their Science project, Nico brought
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meter of wood and jay brought a piece of
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wire that was meter longer than the wood.
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How long was the piece of wire?
4. At lunch time, Roland stayed in the library for
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an hour. After school, he went back to the
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library to do research for1 an hour. How
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much longer did he stay in the library after
school than at lunchtime?
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5. Which is more, liter of pineapple juice or
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liter of mango juice? Explain.