NAME: __________________________________________________________________________________SCORE: ____________

DATE: ________________________

SUBTRACTING FRACTIONS EXAMPLES

𝟓 𝟑 𝟓−𝟑 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓
𝟏. − = 𝟒. 𝟓 − = −
𝟖 𝟖 𝟖 𝟑 𝟏 𝟑
𝟐 𝟓(𝟑)−𝟓(𝟏)
= =
𝟖 𝟑
𝟏 𝟏𝟓−𝟓
= =
𝟒 𝟑
𝟏𝟎 𝟏
= 𝒐𝒓 𝟑
𝟑 𝟑
𝟓 𝟑 𝟓 𝟑
𝟐. 𝟗 − 𝟕 = (𝟗 − 𝟕) + ( − )
𝟕 𝟕 𝟕 𝟕
𝟐
= (𝟐) + ( )
𝟕
𝟐
=𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝟕 𝟓. 𝟑 − 𝟐 = (𝟑 − 𝟐) + ( − )
𝟑 𝟓 𝟑 𝟓
𝟐(𝟓)−𝟐(𝟑)
= (𝟏) + ( )
𝟏𝟓
𝟏𝟎−𝟔
𝟕
𝟑. − = (
𝟏 𝟕(𝟑)−𝟏(𝟖)
) = (𝟏) + ( )
𝟏𝟓
𝟖 𝟑 𝟐𝟒
𝟒 𝟏𝟗
=
𝟐𝟏−𝟖 =𝟏 𝒐𝒓
𝟏𝟓 𝟏𝟓
𝟐𝟒
𝟏𝟑
=
𝟐𝟒
NAME: __________________________________________________________________________________SCORE: ____________

DATE: ________________________

SUBTRACTING FRACTIONS EXERCISE 1

SUBTRACT. IF IT IS IMPROPER FRACTION, CONVERT IT TO MIXED FORM.

𝟖 𝟑 𝟗 𝟑
𝟏. − = ____________ 𝟔. − = ____________
𝟕 𝟕 𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟐

𝟏𝟒 𝟕 𝟔 𝟑
𝟐. 𝟏𝟎 −𝟑 = ____________ 𝟕. 𝟖 − 𝟓 = ____________
𝟏𝟗 𝟏𝟗 𝟓 𝟓

𝟖 𝟐 𝟏𝟒
𝟑. − = ____________ 𝟖. 𝟖 − = ____________
𝟗 𝟏𝟐 𝟑

𝟕𝟗 𝟕 𝟏
𝟒. 𝟏𝟐 − = ____________ 𝟗. − = ____________
𝟗 𝟗 𝟑

𝟒 𝟒 𝟑 𝟏
𝟓. 𝟒 − 𝟏 = ____________ 𝟏𝟎. 𝟔 − 𝟏 = ____________
𝟓 𝟏𝟐 𝟕 𝟔
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ANSWER KEY

𝟓
𝟏.
𝟕
𝟕
𝟐. 𝟕
𝟏𝟗
𝟏𝟑
𝟑.
𝟏𝟖
𝟐
𝟒. 𝟑
𝟗
𝟕
𝟓. 𝟑
𝟏𝟓
𝟏
𝟔.
𝟐
𝟑
𝟕. 𝟑
𝟓
𝟏
𝟖. 𝟑
𝟑
𝟒
𝟗.
𝟗
𝟏𝟏
𝟏𝟎. 𝟓
𝟒𝟐