Thursday, February 9, 2012

Subtracting Mixed Numbers with Ungrouping

Don't let ungrouping scare you!  Ungrouping is simply changing the form of the same number.  It is similar to getting change for a $10 bill.  If you owe someone $4, but all you have is a $10 bill, you will need to break your bill by changing the form to a $5 and 5 $1 bills.  You still have $10, it's just in a different form.  Now you can give the person you owe $4.  Click on the link below to see an example.



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