Adding and Subtracting Fractions
You have just about everything you need to add and subtract fractions. This worksheet will help tie all the pieces together. Work through the worksheet, then come back here to practice a few more problems. There are also videos below if you need more help.
Once you finish this section, you should have a good handle on fractions, but you
aren't quite done yet. Make certain you move on to Unit 7: Order of Operations.
Don't assume that you know order of operations, therefore you don't need to keep
going.
Just like any skill you want to be good at, being proficient with fractions requires practice. Here are some Khan Academy practice pages that will give you immediate feedback as you do practice problems.
This is a video showing addition of fractions with common denominators.
This video walks through adding fractions with different denominators.
Here is a video on adding mixed numbers.
This video has subtraction of mixed numbers with and without borrowing and there is also an example of subtracting from a whole number.
This video only shows subtracting with borrowing (or regrouping).