Jacqueline Raseman

Are your students struggling to understand how to subtract mixed numbers where they need to borrow from the whole numbers? This anchor simply lays out the steps, with visual aids.

This anchor chart clearly lays out the steps in how to subtract mixed numbers. The first way is through finding a common denominator, the second way is converting to an improper fraction, finding a common denominator, and converting back. This would be helpful to have as a visual reference in your classroom, or printing and having as a reference in a math notebook.