The document provides examples and instructions for adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators using two different methods:
1) Find a common denominator by multiplying the denominators or finding the least common denominator. Then add or subtract the numerators and keep the common denominator.
2) Write the prime factorization of each denominator, circle the common factors, and use those factors to find the lowest common denominator. Then multiply fractions to equivalent fractions with the common denominator before adding or subtracting.
3) An example problem walks through subtracting amounts of ribbon from a total length to find the amount left over.