6th – 8th Grade Math Name: _________________________________

Adding Like Fractions Date: __________________________________

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• Logic • Model • Globalization and
• Systems • Resources sustainability
SOI: Our ability to interpret scientific and economic systems and generate models based on
data impacts our present and future decisions on how to use global, national, and personal
resources.
Objective: Balanced SWBAT identify fractions as parts of a whole and add fractions with the
same denominator.

Do Now
Solve each of the following addition problems. Some problems may require carrying.

" # & ' # (

! ! !
$ % # ( " )

& ( # % $ ,
! ! !
+ ( # # $ ,

' , & ( & ,

! ! !
$ ' + % # $

# + & & " %

! ! !
" ' & % ' (
6th – 8th Grade Math Name: _________________________________
Adding Like Fractions Date: __________________________________
Key Points
• A ___________________is _________________ of a whole.
• The _______________________ is the ____________ number in fraction;
this represents the _________________.
• The _______________________ is the ____________ number in fraction;
this represents the _________________.
Check out these clues from UNIQUE!
6th – 8th Grade Math Name: _________________________________
Adding Like Fractions Date: __________________________________
Example Problems

Write the fraction that represents the shaded area.

Use the given fraction to shade in the figure.

6th – 8th Grade Math Name: _________________________________
Adding Like Fractions Date: __________________________________
Key Points
• You can ___________________ fractions just like you do with regular
numbers!
• When the _____________________ is divided into the
_________________ number, add the parts together.
• In other words, when the __________________________ are the same,
keep the ________________________ and add the
_______________________.
Example

• In the first picture, the circle is divided into _______________ pieces.

__________ out of __________ pieces has been shaded in.
• In the second picture, the circle is divided into _______________ pieces.
__________ out of __________ pieces have been shaded in.
• Because both circles are divided into ____________ pieces, we can add

the _________________ (the number of _________________ pieces)

and keep the _______________________ the same!

6th – 8th Grade Math Name: _________________________________
Adding Like Fractions Date: __________________________________
Example Problems
6th – 8th Grade Math Name: _________________________________
Adding Like Fractions Date: __________________________________
Independent Practice
6th – 8th Grade Math Name: _________________________________
Adding Like Fractions Date: __________________________________
Add the following fractions with like denominators. Shade in the figure and write
the final fraction on the line for full credit.
6th – 8th Grade Math Name: _________________________________
Adding Like Fractions Date: __________________________________