Real Life Examples
      •Sewing (Fabric Lengths)
      •Building (Lengths of Boards)
      •Track & Field Events (Times)
      •Medicine (Dosages, Mixture of medicine 
         ingredients)
                                      
          Jobs that use Fractions and 
                  Mixed Numbers
      •Baker/Chef
      •Construction Worker
      •Surveyor
      •Nurse
      •Architect
      •(Any job that measures something!!)
                                   
                   Review
     1      2
         
     6      6
               7 2
               8 8
                              
      Adding/Subtracting Fractions with 
            UNLIKE Denominators
   STEP 1:                         2       1
      –Find the LCD for both            
        fractions.                 8       2
         •
          Ladder Method
         •
          List Method
                                
                    Step 2
   •Write equivalent 
     fractions, using the    2
     LCD.                        
     –Backwards Z            8
                             1
                                 
                              
                             2