complex fractions
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1.How can I apply the concept of real numbers to my daily life?
2.How will the use of the properties of real numbers help in maintaining peace and harmony in the real world?
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
•Apply the different operations on fractions in simplifying complex fractions;•Identify guidelines in simplifying complex fractions;•Show discipline in any undertaking that lead to an orderly way of life.
OBJECTIVES:
Review:
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TO DIVIDE
Get the reciprocal of the second number (divisor)
Multiply
STEPS IN DIVIDING FRACTIONSChange Whole numbers and
mixed numbers to improper fractions
Get the reciprocal of the second fraction (the divisor) and multiply
Cancel if you canMultiply numerator by
numerator and denominator by denominator.
EXAMPLE 1:
Solution:
EXAMPLE 2:
Solution: 512
43
EXAMPLE 3:
Solution:
WHAT IS A COMPLEX FRACTION?A complex fraction is fraction with another fraction in the numerator or denominator.
Ex.
5623
2 125
4
113
SO HOW CAN WE SIMPLIFY THEM? Remember, fractions are just division
problems. We can rewrite the complex fraction as a
division problem with two fractions. This division problem then changes to
multiplication by the reciprocal.
5623
56
23
5632
54
EXAMPLE 1:
EXAMPLE 2:
2 125
EXAMPLE 3:
EXAMPLE 4:
EXAMPLE 5:
SEATWORK: SIMPLIFY THE FOLLOWING.(½ CROSSWISE)
1) 2) 3)
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