Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Pictures

Solve.

• 5/8

• 23/40

• 21/40

• 1/2

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Is this a correct answer?

• Yes, the student correctly added.

• No, you cannot add unlike denominators

• No, 5 + 7 is not 12

• No, 2 + 3 is not 5

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

What is the first step in solving this problem? 
⅘ + ½ =

• Add the top parts of the fraction

• Rewrite the fractions in the simplest form. 

• Find a common denominator. 

• Make each fraction into an improper faction. 

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Aden is helping his dad paint his house. They mixed 5/9 gallons of white paint and 1/6 gallons of blue paint. How many gallons was the mixture in all?

• 6/18 gallons

• 13/18 gallons

• 4/5 gallons

• 1/6 gallons

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Stacy used 1/4 cup of sugar and 2/3 cup of flour to bake a cupcakes. How much more flour did Stacy use than sugar?

• 11/12 cup

• 10/12 cup

• 6/12 cup

• 5/12 cup

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Jimmy filled a pitcher 1/2 of the way full with water. Carolyn filled a pitcher of the same size 5/6 of the way full with water. How much more water did Carolyn fill than Jimmy?

• 1/6 more water

• 2/3 more water

• 1/3 more water

• 3/6 more water

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3A

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3A

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CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B