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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Mixed fractions


Let's learn about mixed fractions and subtracting mixed fractions in today's learning.

Mixed fractions are those fractions which are formed of a whole number and a fraction. In order to subtract mixed fractions, we need to first convert the mixed fractions to improper fractions and then use the same method of subtract fractions. Below are the steps of subtracting mixed fractions:

Step 1) Convert mixed to improper fraction.
Step 2) If denominators are different, find the LCM and take a common denominator.
Step 3) Subtract the numerators.

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