CHAPTER 2: FRACTIONS

SUBTRACTION OF similar
fractions and mixed
numbers
Learning objectives
AT THE END OF THE LESSON, STUDENT
SHOULD BE ABLE TO:

ILLUSTRATE SUBTRACTION OF
SIMILAR FRACTION

SUBTRACT SIMILAR FRACTIONS AND

MIXED NUMBER, AND

SOLVE WORD PROBLEMS INVOLVING

SUBTRACTION OF SIMILAR
FRACTIONS AND MIXED NUMBERS.
Did you know?

Two of the largest provinces in Region 6 are

Negros Occidental and Iloilo. Negros Occidental
occupies about 2/5 of the regions land area, while
Iloilo occupies about 1/5 of the Regions Land Area.
 What is the difference between the
fractions that represent the land areas of
Negros Occidental and Iloilo.

Negros Occidental- 2/5

Iloilo- 1/5
To subtract similar fractions, subtract the
numerators of the given franctions and
copy the same denominator.

To subtract mixed numbers of fractions

with the same denominators, we follow
these steps.

1. Subtract the fractional parts

2. Subtract the whole numbers
3. Simplify the answer
Subtract the following
fractions.

1. 4/6 - 1/6
2. 2/7 - 3/7
3. 4/9 - 2/9
4. 9/10 - 3/10
5. 22/25 - 17/25
 Solve the following
problems.
Mother bought 1 kg of
brown sugar. She used
1/2 ng of it for her
ginataan. How many
Kilograms of sugar was
left?
Lydia has 3 meters of cloth.
She used 1 3/5 meters for
her blouse. How many
meters of cloth was left?

Marion used 3 2/4 Kilograms of

flour in making doughnot and 2
3/4 Kilograms in making maja
blanca. If he has 10 Kilograms of
flour, what part of the flour was
left?
 Daniela has 6 Kilograms of
banana. She boiled 1 3/4
Kilograms for her friends.after
cooking she find out that it was
not enough for her friends, she
cooked another 1 3/4 Kilograms.
How many Kilograms of banana
was left?
 My house is 7 kilometer away
from school. In going to school
Iwalked 2/5 km from our house to
the tricyle parking station which is
6 2/5 km away from the
unloading station. From the
unloading station i walked
another distance to finally reach
school. What is the distance from
the unloading station to school?