Algebra 1: Common Core (15th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133281140
ISBN 13: 978-0-13328-114-9

Skills Handbook - Adding and Subtracting Fractions - Exercises - Page 803: 25

Answer

$2 \frac{1}{6}$

Work Step by Step

We first subtract the whole numbers: $4-1=3$ In order to add or subtract fractions, we need common denominators. Because 1/12 and 11/12 already have the same denominator, 12, we can subtract the numerators: $ \frac{1}{12} - \frac{11}{12} =- \frac{10}{12}=-\frac{5}{6}$ We add 3 to get an answer of $2 \frac{1}{6}$
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