Answers to Fractions Revision Questions

I was just going to put the answers up, but I thought about it and decided it’s better if I show you my working out. For a couple of the answers, I showed two methods. This is because I like to convert improper fractions to mixed numbers before doing addition or subtraction. It just makes it a bit easier to work out in my head.

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Question 2

 

 

 

This method follows the standard process

 

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This method converts the improper fractions to mixed numbers/integer + fraction. I feel that it is more intuitive and less error prone.

Question 3

Question 4

If following the standard process:

If converting the fractions to mixed numbers/integer + fraction:

Question 5

I convert the improper fraction to a mixed number first. It’s just easier!

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