Fraction Subtraction

Simple Subtraction

Not to much different from addition. 1) Get a common Denominator 2) Subtract Mr. Turtle

Try one ¾ - 2 / 5

Try one 3 2 / 3 – 1 3 / 8

Subtraction With borrowing

Subtraction Try 4 2 / 5 – 2 4 / 5 What is different about this problem? Mr. Turtle

Subtraction Try 4 2 / 5 – 2 4 / 5 You have to borrow. Mr. Turtle

Subtraction More examples 1)Get LCD 2)Borrow only when necessary 3)subtract Mr. Turtle

Try one 3 2 / 3 – 1 7 / 8

Try another 15 1 / 8 – 7 3 / 4

Subtraction Two more examples It helps to remember how things work with whole numbers while learning fractions. These are like 30 – 7 and Mr. Turtle

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