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Lesson 9: Applying the Properties of Operations to Add and Subtract Rational

Numbers
Date: 9/9/14

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Lesson 9: Applying the Properties of Operations to Add and
Subtract Rational Numbers

Classwork
Exercise 1
Unscramble the cards, and show the steps in the correct order to arrive at the solution to

).

























Lesson 9: Applying the Properties of Operations to Add and Subtract Rational
Numbers
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Examples 1 and 2
Represent each of the following expressions as one rational number. Show your steps.
1.

0)














2. (

)
















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Exercise 2: Team Work!
a.
c. (

)
b.

0 (

)
d.



Exercise 3
Explain step by step, how to arrive at a single rational number to represent the following expression. Show both a
written explanation and the related math work for each step.











Lesson 9: Applying the Properties of Operations to Add and Subtract Rational
Numbers
Date: 9/9/14

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Problem Set

Show all steps taken to rewrite each of the following as a single rational number.
1. 0 (

)

2. 0 (

)

3.

0 (

)

4.


0



5. Explain step by step, how to arrive at a single rational number to represent the following expression. Show both a
written explanation and the related math work for each step.





Lesson Summary
Use the properties of operations to add and subtract rational numbers more efficiently. For instance:

= (

) = 0 = .
The opposite of a sum is the sum of its opposites as shown in the examples that follow:

= (

).
= .

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