Download Adding and Subtracting Fractions Guided Notes

I can ____________ and ________________ ____________________________.
Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Vocabulary
Numerator - the number on ____________ in a fraction.
Denominator - the number on ______________________ in a fraction.
Least Common Multiple - the _________________ number that is in
___________________ with two or more numbers.
Least Common Denominator - the smallest number that is a ________________ of
______________ denominators in a pair of fractions.
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2
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We need to find a _______________ _______________________
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to add these fractions.
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List the multiples of the denominators. Count by 2’s:
Count by 7’s:
What is the least common denominator? __________ That number now becomes the
denominator for your equivalent fractions.
Adding Fractions: Work your examples in the space provided.
Addition Problem
Multiples
Equivalent Fractions Solution
Subtracting Fractions: Work your examples in the space provided.
Subtraction
Problem
Multiples
Equivalent Fractions Solution