Adding Whole Numbers, Fractions, and Mixed.pptx

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1. Adding Whole Numbers, Fractions, and Mixed Numbers

2. The Art Club members used 5m of green cloth and 3 ¼ m of gray cloth in decorating the stage. How many meters of cloth did they use in all?

3. To answer the problem above, add 5 and 3 ¼ . Thus, 5+3 ¼ = 8 ¼

4. 5 + 3 ¼ 8 ¼ Complete answer: The art club members used 8 ¼ m of cloth in all.

5. LET US SUMMARIZE To add whole numbers and fractions, add the fractions first, then the whole numbers. To add a whole number and a mixed number, add the whole numbers first. Then bring down the fraction. Reduce the final answer to lowest terms, if possible.

6. LET’S TRY!

7. 1. 3 + 8 6 2/3

8. 2. 6 + ¾

9. 3. 8 + 2 3/5 1/5