Add and subtract unlike denominators worksheets
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Different bottoms can't add. Rename both fractions with the same denominator first, then add or subtract the tops.
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Fifth grade adds and subtracts fractions whose denominators differ. Each item pairs two proper fractions with small unlike denominators, so the work is finding a common denominator, renaming both fractions, then combining.
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