Evaluating Expressions with Fractions

Evaluating Expressions with Fractions
Introduction

Expressions with fractions appear in many math problems and real-life situations. Learning to evaluate these expressions correctly improves accuracy and prepares s...

Jada is making a fruit smoothie. She pours in 1/2 cup of strawberries and adds 3/4 cup of bananas.

As she blends, the smoothie starts to overflow, so she removes 1/4 cup. Now she wants to find how much fruit remains.

First, she evaluates 1/2 + 3/4 − 1/4. Addition and subtraction have the same priority, so we solve them from left to r...