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Feet and fractional inches

Add and subtract compound lengths with feet, whole inches and fractional inches, preserving both unit exchanges.

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Keep feet, inches and fractional inches in their own positions. Use a common fraction denominator, exchange one foot for twelve inches or one inch for fractional parts when needed, then normalize the final measurement.

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Coordinate twelve inches per foot with denominator-sized fractional parts per inch during measurement arithmetic.

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Find 5 feet 2 1/4 inches minus 2 feet 7 3/4 inches.

2 feet 6 1/2 inches.

Exchange a foot: 5 feet 2 1/4 inches becomes 4 feet 14 1/4 inches. Exchange one inch to get 4 feet 13 5/4 inches. Subtracting 2 feet 7 3/4 inches leaves 2 feet 6 2/4 inches, or 2 feet 6 1/2 inches.

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  • Label each column with its unit before calculating.
  • Show each exchange as an equality so a foot cannot accidentally become ten inches.
  • Check the result by converting both original lengths and the answer to exact inches.

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Math SheetNameScoreTeacherDate/ 12Feet and Fractional InchesAdd or subtract measurements written in feet, inches, and fractional inches.1.6 ft 1/16 in- 2 ft 2 2/16 in2.4 ft 1/16 in- 1 ft 4 2/16 in3.7 ft 1/8 in- 1 ft 4 2/8 in4.7 ft 1/16 in- 1 ft 4 2/16 in5.5 ft 1/16 in- 2 ft 4 2/16 in6.5 ft 1/4 in- 2 ft 4 2/4 in7.6 ft 1/16 in- 2 ft 4 2/16 in8.8 ft 1/16 in- 1 ft 2 2/16 in9.6 ft 1/8 in- 1 ft 1 2/8 in10.5 ft 1/8 in- 1 ft 1 2/8 inmath-sheet.comPage 1 / 2
Math SheetNameScoreTeacherDate/ 12Feet and Fractional InchesAdd or subtract measurements written in feet, inches, and fractional inches.11.3 ft 1/8 in- 1 ft 3 2/8 in12.7 ft 1/8 in- 2 ft 4 2/8 inmath-sheet.comPage 2 / 2

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