Add Unlike Fractions and Improper Mixed Numbers Simplify

• 11  2/9
• 11 2/5
• 11  9/20
• 12  2/5

7/12 + 3/12

Reduce if possible

• 10/11

• 4/12

• 5/6

• 10/24

What must you do first in order to add or subtract fractions with unlike denominators?

• add the numerators

• add the denominators

• find a common denominator

• find a common numerator

Add the fractions. Simplify if needed.

Add the mixed numbers vertically. Simplify if needed.

To make some punch for a party, Michael mixed together 10 1/4 bottles of apple juice and 2 1/4 bottles of soda. How many bottles of punch did Michael make? Answer in simplest form.

• 12 1/2 bottles

• 13 bottles

• 12 2/4 bottles

• 14 bottles

SIMPLIFY.

• 9  7/20

• 9  9/14

• 10  21/20

• 10  7/20

Find a common denominator for 5/6 and 1/4

• 4

• 6

• 10

• 12

Which statement about the problem is true: 
1/2 + 2/3

• The answer is less than 1

• The answer is between 1 and 2

• The answer is between 2 and 3

• The answer is between 3 and 4