Renaming Mixed Numbers to Subtract Worksheet Download
This math worksheet practices the renaming step of subtracting mixed numbers. Students borrow one whole and add it to the fraction: 5 1/4 = 4 ?/4 and 6 = 5 ?/3. Some problems ask for the new whole number instead. It is the step students need before subtracting mixed numbers with regrouping, practiced on its own.
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Renaming Mixed Numbers to Subtract
Each worksheet has 20 problems that rename a mixed number or whole number by borrowing one whole, like 5 1/4 = 4 5/4.
About this worksheet
Each worksheet has 20 problems that rename a mixed number or whole number by borrowing one whole, like 5 1/4 = 4 5/4.
Student objectives
- Rename a mixed number by borrowing one whole
- Write a whole number as a mixed number whose fraction equals one
- See that borrowing a whole makes the whole number one less
Everyday practice
- Trading a dollar for four quarters
- Opening a new box of crayons when the old one runs out
- Cutting one more pizza into slices so there are enough to share
Standards
Tags
numericconverting formsfractions