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Exponential Decay
Negative Exponents
Multiplying and Dividing Fractions 4
Evaluating Expressions Involving Fractions
The Cartesian Coordinate System
Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators
Solving Absolute Value Inequalities
Multiplying Special Polynomials
FOIL Method
Solving Systems of Equations by Graphing
Graphing Compound Inequalities
Solving Quadratic Equations by Completing the Square
Addition Property of Equality
Square Roots
Adding and Subtracting Fractions
The Distance Formula
Graphing Logarithmic Functions
Dividing Mixed Numbers
Evaluating Polynomials
Power of a Product Property of Exponents
Terminology of Algebraic Expressions
Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions with Identical Denominators
Solving Exponential Equations
Factoring The Difference of 2 Squares
Changing Fractions to Decimals
Solving Linear Equations
Using Patterns to Multiply Two Binomials
Completing the Square
Roots of Complex Numbers
Methods for Solving Quadratic Equations
Conics in Standard Form
Solving Quadratic Equations by Using the Quadratic Formula
Simplifying Fractions 2
Exponential Notation
Exponential Growth
The Cartesian Plane
Graphing Linear Functions
The Slope of a Line
Finding Cube Roots of Large Numbers
Rotating Axes
Common Mistakes With Percents
Solving an Equation That Contains a Square Root
Rational Equations
Properties of Common Logs
Composition of Functions
Using Percent Equations
Solving Inequalities
Properties of Exponents
Graphing Quadratic Functions
Factoring a Polynomial by Finding the GCF
The Rectangular Coordinate System
Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions
Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Properties of Exponents
Complex Solutions of Quadratic Equations
Solving Nonlinear Equations by Factoring
Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring
Least Common Multiples
Solving Exponential Equations
Solving Linear Equations
Multiplication Property of Equality
Multiplying Mixed Numbers
Multiplying Fractions
Reducing a Rational Expression to Lowest Terms
Literal Numbers
Factoring Trinomials
Logarithmic Functions
Adding Fractions with Unlike Denominators
Simplifying Square Roots
Adding Fractions
Equations Quadratic in Form
Dividing Rational Expressions
Slopes of Parallel Lines
Simplifying Cube Roots That Contain Variables
Functions and Graphs
Complex Numbers
Multiplying and Dividing Fractions 1
Composition of Functions
Intercepts of a Line
Factoring Trinomials
Exponents and Polynomials
Decimals and their Equivalent Fractions
Negative Integer Exponents
Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers
Solving Quadratic Equations
Theorem of Pythagoras
Equations 1
Subtracting Fractions
Solving Quadratic Equations by Graphing
Evaluating Polynomials
Angles and Degree Measure
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Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers with the Same Denominator

Now let’s consider how to add and subtract mixed numbers with the same denominator. We start with addition.

Suppose, for instance, that we want to add . Let’s draw a diagram to represent this sum.

We can rearrange the elements of the diagram by combining the whole numbers and the fractions separately.

This diagram shows that the sum is .

Note that we can also write and solve this problem vertically.

Similarly, we can subtract mixed numbers that have the same denominator.

Can you explain how the preceding diagrams confirm this answer?

To Add (or Subtract) Mixed Numbers That Have the Same Denominator

  • add (or subtract) the fractions, Â¦ add (or subtract) the whole numbers, and
  • write the answer in simplest form.


Add: .



Our answer is .


Find the sum of .



Subtract: .


We set up the problem vertically.

Because . Therefore the difference is .


The value of stock shares is normally expressed in dollars as a mixed number or fraction. Suppose that one morning the stock of a certain company opened at a price of per share. By the end of the day, the price had risen by . What was the price of the stock per share by the end of the day?


The price of the stock rose by so we must add and .

At closing, then, the price of the stock was per share.


A movie lasts hours. After an hour-and-a-quarter has passed, how much longer will the movie run?


This question asks us to subtract from

So there is still an hour-and-a-half of the movie to see.

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