Examples with solutions for Addition and Subtraction of Mixed Numbers: More than two fractions

Exercise #1

756+623+13= ? 7\frac{5}{6}+6\frac{2}{3}+\frac{1}{3}=\text{ ?}

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Step-by-Step Solution

Note that the right-hand side of the addition exercise between the fractions gives a result of a whole number, so we'll start with that:

623+13=7 6\frac{2}{3}+\frac{1}{3}=7

Giving us:

756+7=1456 7\frac{5}{6}+7=14\frac{5}{6}

Answer

1456 14\frac{5}{6}

Exercise #2

12+312+424= \frac{1}{2}+3\frac{1}{2}+4\frac{2}{4}=

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Step-by-Step Solution

According to the order of operations, we will solve the exercise from left to right.

Let's note that in the first addition exercise, we have an addition between two halves that will give us a whole number, so:

12+312=4 \frac{1}{2}+3\frac{1}{2}=4

Now we will get the exercise:

4+424= 4+4\frac{2}{4}=

Let's note that we can simplify the mixed fraction:

24=12 \frac{2}{4}=\frac{1}{2}

Now the exercise we get is:

4+412=812 4+4\frac{1}{2}=8\frac{1}{2}

Answer

812 8\frac{1}{2}

Exercise #3

13+23+234= \frac{1}{3}+\frac{2}{3}+2\frac{3}{4}=

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Step-by-Step Solution

According to the rules of the order of operations in arithmetic, we solve the exercise from left to right.

Let's note that:

13+23=33=1 \frac{1}{3}+\frac{2}{3}=\frac{3}{3}=1

We should obtain the following exercise:

1+234=334 1+2\frac{3}{4}=3\frac{3}{4}

Answer

334 3\frac{3}{4}

Exercise #4

67x+87x+323x= \frac{6}{7}x+\frac{8}{7}x+3\frac{2}{3}x=

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Step-by-Step Solution

Let's solve the exercise from left to right.

We will combine the left expression in the following way:

6+87x=147x=2x \frac{6+8}{7}x=\frac{14}{7}x=2x

Now we get:

2x+323x=523x 2x+3\frac{2}{3}x=5\frac{2}{3}x

Answer

523x 5\frac{2}{3}x

Exercise #5

1027237+716= 10\frac{2}{7}-2\frac{3}{7}+7\frac{1}{6}=

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Answer

15142 15\frac{1}{42}

Exercise #6

212+324136= 2\frac{1}{2}+3\frac{2}{4}-1\frac{3}{6}=

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Answer

412 4\frac{1}{2}

Exercise #7

23414+312= 2\frac{3}{4}-\frac{1}{4}+3\frac{1}{2}=

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Answer

6 6

Exercise #8

512234+426= 5\frac{1}{2}-2\frac{3}{4}+4\frac{2}{6}=

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Answer

7112 7\frac{1}{12}

Exercise #9

624+146+2712= 6\frac{2}{4}+1\frac{4}{6}+2\frac{7}{12}=

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Answer

1034 10\frac{3}{4}

Exercise #10

629+123+159= 6\frac{2}{9}+1\frac{2}{3}+1\frac{5}{9}=

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Answer

949 9\frac{4}{9}

Exercise #11

425+1310+2120+235= 4\frac{2}{5}+1\frac{3}{10}+2\frac{1}{20}+2\frac{3}{5}=

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Answer

10720 10\frac{7}{20}

Exercise #12

627+1314+237+1114= 6\frac{2}{7}+1\frac{3}{14}+2\frac{3}{7}+1\frac{1}{14}=

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Answer

11 11