Grade 9 Fractions |
 Sep 12 2005, 07:21 PM
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 no news is good news...  Group: Member Posts: 123 Joined: Sep 2005 Member No: 232,063  |
what would be the answer to
5 8/9 - 2 1/5 - 1 7/15 ? how do you close this topic? This post has been edited by xstab.my.heartx: Sep 12 2005, 07:47 PM |
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Sep 12 2005, 07:26 PM
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My name is Jason, not imafreakinazn D: Group: Member Posts: 2,008 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 18,432 |
i got 2 2/9 o_o
but you might wanna check that... |
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Sep 12 2005, 07:26 PM
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 My name's Katt. Nice to meet you! Group: Member Posts: 3,826 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 93,674 |
You have to find the least common multiple of all three denominators. -thinks for 5 seconds- Okay, it's 45. So now
8/9 = 40/45 1/5 = 9/45 7/15 = 21/45 So now the problem is 5 40/45 - 2 9/45 - 1 21/45 5 40/45 -2 9/45 ---------- 3 31/45 -1 21/45 ----------- 2 10/45 Simplified: 2 2/9 |
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Sep 12 2005, 07:28 PM
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no news is good news... Group: Member Posts: 123 Joined: Sep 2005 Member No: 232,063 |
Hey, thanks
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Sep 12 2005, 08:19 PM
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Topic Closed.
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