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Adding and Subtracting Fractions Guide

Carla wants to make a veggie toss recipe using eggplant, green peppers, spring onions, and mushrooms. The recipe calls for 1 pound of green peppers, 1/4 pound of spring onions, and 3/8 pound of mushrooms. When added together, these amounts total 23/24 pound. So the total amount of the other ingredients Carla needs is 23/24 pound.

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Adding and Subtracting Fractions Guide

Carla wants to make a veggie toss recipe using eggplant, green peppers, spring onions, and mushrooms. The recipe calls for 1 pound of green peppers, 1/4 pound of spring onions, and 3/8 pound of mushrooms. When added together, these amounts total 23/24 pound. So the total amount of the other ingredients Carla needs is 23/24 pound.

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Another Look! Practice 7-5
Carla wants to make a Veggie Toss using eggplant, green Add and Subtract
peppers, spring onions, and mushrooms. She already has Fractions
eggplant at home. How many pounds of the other ingredients
does she need in all? Use data from the recipe.
Use what you
Veggie Toss Recipe know about adding and
3 pound (lb)
__ subtracting fractions
Eggplant 4 to solve problems.
Green peppers 1 pound (lb)
__
3
Spring onions 1 pound (lb)
__
4
Mushrooms 3 pound (lb)
__
8

Step 1 Step 2
List the amounts of green peppers, spring Add the renamed fraction amounts.
onions, and mushrooms. Then, find a 9 = ___
14 + ___
___ 23
common denominator and rename each 24 24 24
fraction. 23
Carla needs __ pound of the other
24
( 3 + 4 ) + 8 = ( 24 + 24 ) + 24
1 __
__ 1 3
__ 8
___ 6
___ 9
___ veggies in all.

In 1–12, find the sum or difference.

1. 1
___ 2. 4
___ 3. 1
__ 4. 5
___
12 18 3 15
7 2
+ __ 1
+ __ 3
+ __
+ __ 9 5 5
_ 9 _ _ _

5. 2 − ( 8 + 8 ) 6. 4 + ( 4 − 6 ) 7. ( 2 + 20 ) − 20 8. ( 5 + 5 ) − 10
1
__ 1
__ 1
__ 3
__ 1
__ 1
__ 1
__ 3
___ 2
___ 2
__ 1
___ 3
___

5 − __
5 2 − __
2 12 − __
1 5 − __
3
9. __
4 8
10. __
3 7
11. __
15 6
12. __
9 8

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