Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
3 2 5
11. a) 3 sevenths + 2 sevenths = 5 sevenths b) 7 + 7 =7
3 2 1 15 5 10 5
11. c) 7 − 7 = 7 d) 16 − 16 = 16 = 8
3 1 4 3 2 1 3 10 8 4 14
11. e) 5 + 5 + 5 = 15 f) 4 + 4 + 4 = 1½ g) 15 + 15 − 15 = 15
3 2 7 3 7 5 15 3 3
12. d) 5 − 15 = 15 e) 8 − 32 = 32 f) 16 − 4 = 16
11 7 1 7 5 11 8 5 17
13. d) 15 − 10 = 30 e) 8 − 12 = 24 f) 9 − 12 = 36
2 1 3 3 2 1 7 5 23
14. d) 7−5 = 35 e) 4−3 = 12 f) 8−9 = 72
15. Add.
1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 5 3 7
15. a) 2 + 3 + 4 = 1 12 b) 2 + 4 + 5 = 2 20 c) 2 + 6 − 4 = 12
1 3 1 1 9 1 5 11
16. d) 2 + 4 = 1¼ e) 2 + 16 = 16 f) 2 + 12 = 12
18. What number must you add to each of the following to make 1?
18 Compare Example 8.
1 1 1
a) 2 + 3 + 6 =1
2 1 13
b) 5 + 6 + 30 = 1
1 3 1
c) 8 + 4 + 8 =1
19. Three candidates were running for office. One of them got half the
10. vote. Another got two fifths of the vote. What fraction did the
1
third candidate get? 10 .
10. On the first day, Claude read half the book. On the second day, he
10. read three eighths more, and 40 pages remained. How many pages
10. were there in the book?
320. For,
1 3 4 3 7
+ = + =
2 8 8 8 8
1
so that 8 remained. 40 pages are one eighth of 8 × 40 = 320.
5 7 5 5 2 2 1
18. d) 6 8 + 2 8 = 9½ e) 4 6 + 3 6 = 8 3 f) 1 3 + 8 3 = 10
12. Add.
1 5 7 5 5 1 3 51
19. a) 3 4 + 2 8 = 5 8 b) 2 6 + 7 18 = 10 9 c) 7 4 + 1 16 = 9 16
4 1 3 3 5 7 2 51
11. d) 6 5 + 9 2 = 16 10 e) 4 4 + 1 6 = 6 12 f) 3 9 + 2 6 = 6 18
13. Subtract.
31 b4 1
) c
4−4 3 5−5=3
10. a) 5 = )
2 ½ 1 5
3
4
SUBTRACTING MIXED NUMBERS
Back to Section 1
4 1
Example 1. 85 − 15
Solution. In this example, we may simply subtract the whole numbers and
subtract the fractions -- similarly to adding mixed numbers.
4 1 3
Example 1. 85 − 15 = 75.
5 1 6
We will then add those 5 with the original 5 , making a total of 5 .
Then:
4 6 2
"1 from 7 is 6. 5
from 5 is 5."
8 1
Break off 1 from 4. Express it as 8 , and add it to 8 :
Now the mystery, if any, is: How does that numerator get to be 9?
9 is the sum of the original numerator 1 and denominator 8:
2 ?
Example 5. Write the missing numerator: 9 5 = 8 5
7
Answer. 8 5
7 is the sum of denominator plus numerator: 5 + 2.
2 5
Example 6. 97 − 37 = ?
2 9 . The improper numerator 9 is the sum of
9 becomes 8
7 7 the
denominator and numerator 2
: 7 + 2 = 9.
of 7
2 3 2
Example 7. 6 − 13 = 53 − 13
1
= 43.
2 3 1
"1 from 5 is 4. 3 from 3 is 3 ."
2 1
Example 8. Prove: 6 − 1 3 = 4 3
Solution. According to the meaning of subtraction,
2 1 3
1 3 + 4 3 = 5 3 = 6.
Mentally:
1 3
6 −2 .
2 4
1 1
"3 from 6 is 3
2 2
1 3
Plus is 3 ."
4 4