Adding Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions

What should you do with mixed numbers when adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing?

• change them to improper fractions using TX

• reduce them

• flip them

• find common factors

3 2/3 x 1 1/2

• 1 1/6

• 3 2/6

• 5 1/2

• 3 2/5

• 6

• 8

• 2 4/7

• 1 2/7

CHANGE 4 1/3 TO IMPROPER FRACTIONS.

• 12/3

• 13/3

• 4/3

• 5/3

Janet is making a fruit salad.  She mixes in 3.25 cups of orange melon and 2 2/3 cups or watermelon.  How many cups of melon does Janet put in the salad? (a)  

• 5 1/4

• 5 1/3

• 5 7/12

• 5 11/12

• denominators.

• 4   19/5

• 4 5/10

• 4 19/25

• 4 5/10

• 4 5/10

• 4 19/25

• denominators.

• 4   19/5

• 4 5/10

• 4 19/25

• 4 5/10

• 4 5/10

• 4 19/25

• denominators.

• 4   19/5

• 4 5/10

• 4 19/25

• 4 5/10

• 4 5/10

• 4 19/25

CHANGE 35/6 TO MIXED NUMBERS.

• 5 5/6

• 6 1/6

• 4 4/6

• 3 5/6

CHANGE 6 1/5 TO IMPROPER FRACTIONS.

• 6/5

• 30/5

• 31/5

• 7/5