Fractions
Equal fractions, comparing and adding fractions.
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A fraction can be more than one whole: 7/4 is 1¾.
Look: 4 quarters make a whole, and 3 more quarters: 7/4 = 1¾.
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12/7 + 3/7 = ?
2Write 9/4 as a mixed number.
37/10 − 4/10 = ?
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✗Adding the bottoms too: 11/16.
✓Eighths plus eighths are still eighths: 11/8.
✗Writing 11/8 as 1 3/11.
✓Leftover pieces are still eighths: 1⅜.
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A fraction can be more than one whole: 7/4 is 1¾.
If the top is bigger than the bottom, you have more than a whole. When the bottoms are the same, add the tops and keep the bottom.
Think of it like thisYou eat one whole pizza (4 slices) and 3 slices of another. That is 7 quarter slices, or 1¾ pizzas.
- Mixed number
- A whole and a fraction, like 1¾.
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Ravi ate 5/8 of a pizza and Sita ate 6/8. How much in all?
Same bottom (eighths), so add the tops.
5/8 + 6/8 = 11/88 eighths make 1 whole pizza. 3 eighths are left.
Answer1⅜ pizzas (11/8).
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