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Subtracting mixed numbers worksheets Grade 5

Subtract mixed numbers: the fractions, then the whole numbers.

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How to do it

Subtract the fractions, then the whole numbers.

323−114=2+812−3123\tfrac{2}{3} - 1\tfrac{1}{4} = 2 + \dfrac{8}{12} - \dfrac{3}{12}wholes: 3 − 1; fractions rewritten over 12
2+512=25122 + \dfrac{5}{12} = 2\tfrac{5}{12}

Example problems

  1. 612−614=6\tfrac{1}{2} - 6\tfrac{1}{4} =
  2. 738−713=7\tfrac{3}{8} - 7\tfrac{1}{3} =
  3. 412−437=4\tfrac{1}{2} - 4\tfrac{3}{7} =
  4. 935−513=9\tfrac{3}{5} - 5\tfrac{1}{3} =

Adding and subtracting fractions

  1. Adding fractions with related denominators
  2. Subtracting fractions with related denominators
  3. Adding fractions with unlike denominators
  4. Subtracting fractions with unlike denominators
  5. Adding mixed numbers
  6. Subtracting mixed numbers
  7. Subtracting mixed numbers with borrowing
  8. Adding and subtracting three fractions