Adding Fractions (Fraction Tiles)
Add fractions with the help of the Fractionator, a fraction-tile-making machine in the Gizmo. Model sums by placing the tiles on side-by-side number lines. Explore the usefulness of common denominators in adding. Express sums as improper fractions or mixed numbers.
Launch GizmoAdding Fractions (Fraction Tiles)
Add fractions with the help of the Fractionator, a fraction-tile-making machine in the Gizmo. Model sums by placing the tiles on side-by-side number lines. Explore the usefulness of common denominators in adding. Express sums as improper fractions or mixed numbers.
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Use for 5 minutes a day.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Add fractions with like denominators.
- Add fractions with unlike denominators.
- Find the lowest common denominator (LCD) of a set of fractions.
- Use fraction tiles to model addition of fractions.
VOCABULARY:
- denominator, equivalent, fraction, least common denominator, numerator, sum