standard_description: Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers) by replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions in such a way as to produce an equivalent sum or difference of fractions with like denominators. For example, 2/3 + 5/4 = 8/12 + 15/12 = 23/12. (In general, a/b + c/d = (ad + bc)/bd.)
problem_activity: Problem 1
Veronica is making a poster for science class.
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What is the total area, in square feet, of the poster?
Problem 2
Setsuko is redoing a room and wants to put wallpaper on a wall that has a window. The wall with the window, shaded, are shown in the diagram below.
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How many square feet of wallpaper will Setsuko use on the wall?


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