Imagine being an elementary school student and trying to figure out math problems with 75 teachers peering over your shoulder–Daves Avenue Elementary School principal Kit Bragg likened it to being in ...

Subtract the integers and subtract the fractions. When the fraction to be subtracted is bigger than the first fraction, change the mixed numbers to improper fractions first then do the subtraction.

Support your knowledge of this topic by looking at these guides on Lowest Common Multiple and equivalent fractions. Look at the examples below on how to add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers.

Many children never master fractions. When asked whether 12/13 + 7/8 was closest to 1, 2, 19, or 21, only 24% of a nationally representative sample of more than 20,000 US 8th graders answered ...