How do you solve word problems involving subtraction of fractions? much turkey does he have left? Allen bought of a pound of turkey at the store. He used of a pound for a recipe. How

In this lesson you will learn to solve word problems involving subtraction of fractions with unlike denominators by drawing a number line.

Let’s Review We can use number lines to visualize fractions.

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In this lesson you have learned how to solve word problems that involve subtraction of fractions with unlike denominators by drawing a number line.

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