Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers

• Can Involves Many Steps• We will use LAPS to help us.• L – Look• A – Alter• P – Perform• S – Simplify

LAPS

• Look – Carefully analyze the problem.• Alter – Make any changes necessary to begin

solving the problem.• Perform – Perform the operation.• Simplify – Find and “pull out” the GCF of the

numerator and denominator.

Check with Fraction Bars

Examples

• 3 1/3 +8 1/3• 2 3/8 + 4 1/8• 5 1/5 + 3 2/5• 7 1/4 + 6 1/2 • 6 2/3 + 9 1/6

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Problem-Solving ActivityPage 95

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