Subtracting mixed numbers

Difficulty Stretch · Set pp7tth

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1
312−223=
2
312−21213=
3
258−157=
4
225−2516=
5
313−212=
6
329−21114=
7
347−3715=
8
4310−334=
9
323−158=
10
2211−1415=
11
156−179=
12
1916−125=
13
312−21315=
14
2411−1712=
15
313−149=
16
359−215=
17
434−218=
18
41314−157=
19
414−113=
20
317−21314=

What is in this set

The numbers in this set run from 1 to 16.
Every problem in it will involve a mixed number.
27% of them need simplifying at the end.
A careful solution takes 4 written steps on average.
Answers are a mixed number, written like 2 1/3.

Drawing 240 problems from this page produced 238 different ones, 99% — so a sheet of 20 is a new sheet almost every time.

The same skill, harder or easier

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Next to this

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Multiplying two fractions

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Dividing one fraction by another

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All of fractions

24 skills in this topic, 71 sets between them.

Printing it

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