Adding Fractions (Same Denominator)
Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator, including results greater than one whole (e.g. 5/8 + 6/8 = 11/8)
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If a recipe uses 5/8 of a bag of flour and then another 6/8, can your child work out the total and explain what the answer means as a mixed number?
Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator, including results greater than one whole (e.g. 5/8 + 6/8 = 11/8)
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- Calculate 3/5 + 4/5 = 7/5 and explain it equals 1 2/5
- Subtract 2/6 from 5/6
- Solve addition problems where the sum exceeds the whole: 7/8 + 3/8
“If a recipe uses 5/8 of a bag of flour and then another 6/8, can your child work out the total and explain what the answer means as a mixed number?”
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- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Fractions
- Age range
- Ages 8–9