Adding Fractions



|Vocabulary |In this activity, you will create equivalent fractions to add fractions with unlike |

|congruent: |denominators. |

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| |1. What is [pic]? Shade the unit squares to show the addition. Explain how the unit squares|

| |support your answer. |

| |[pic] [pic] |

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| |2. Is [pic] the same as [pic]? Why or why not? |

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| |3. Which of the following will give you [pic] cups of sugar? |

| |a. use a [pic] cup once, a [pic] cup once and a [pic] cup once |

| |b. use a [pic] cup twice and a [pic] cup once |

| |c. use a [pic] cup twice and a [pic] cup once |

|4. [pic] Adam said that to find the sum of [pic] and [pic], you could rewrite [pic] as [pic] and [pic]as [pic] then you could add the two |

|fractions together to get [pic]. Is Adam correct? Explain why or why not. |

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