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Learning
Glossary
How Can You Add Fractions with Visual Learning Bridge

Unlike Denominators?
A

Alex rode his scooter from his house to

the park. Later, he rode from the park to
1 mile
baseball practice. How far did Alex ride? 2

You can add to find the

1 mile
total distance that Alex rode 3
his scooter.

B
Step 1 C
Step 2 D
Step 3
Change the fractions to equivalent Write equivalent Add the fractions
fractions with a common, or like, fractions with a common to find the total
denominator. denominator. number of sixths.
​  3 ​ 
​  1 ​  = __
__
1 1 2 6
1 1 1 1 1  ​ = __
​ +  ​ __ ​  2 ​ ​ 
​​​
​​  3 6  
2 3 2 3
_
1 1 1 1 1
5 ​ 
__
Multiples of 2: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, . . . 6 6 6 6 6
​ 
6
Alex rode his
Multiples of 3: 3, 6, 9, 12, . . . ​  3 ​ = __
​​  1 ​ × __
__ ​  3 ​​
2 3 6 scooter _​​  56 ​​ mile.
The number 6 is a common 1 ​  × __
​​ __ ​  2 ​  = __
​  2 ​​ 
3 2 6
multiple of 2 and 3, so _​​ 12 ​​ and _​​  13 ​​  can
both be rewritten with a common
denominator of 6.

Convince Me!  Construct Arguments  In the example above, would

you get the same sum if you used 12 as the common denominator?
Explain.

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Name
Practice Tools Assessment

Another Example
​​  5  ​​ + __
Find ___ ​​  14 ​​.
12
5  ​​ + __
​​ ___ ​​  5  ​​ + ___
​​  1 ​​ = ___ ​​  3  ​​  Write equivalent fractions with common denominators.
12 4 12 12
Find the total number of twelfths by adding the
​​  5 +  3 ​​ = ___
= _____ ​​  8  ​​ or __
​​  2 ​​
12 12 3 numerators.

Do You Understand? Do You Know How?

1. In the example at the top of page 278,
if the park was _​​ 18 ​​mile from baseball Find the sum. Use fraction strips
practice instead of _​​ 13 ​​  mile, how far would to help.
Alex ride his scooter in all?
​​  1 ​ + __
3. __ ​  14 ​  = __
​   ​ + __
​   ​ = __
​   ​​
2

2. Vocabulary  Rico and Nita solved the

same problem. Rico got _​​ 68 ​​for an answer, 1
1 1
and Nita got _​​ 34 ​​. Which answer is correct? 2 4
Use the term equivalent fraction in your 1 1 1
4 4 4
explanation.

Remember that you can

In 4 and 5, find each sum. Use fraction strips use multiples to find a
to help. common denominator.

​​  1 ​ + __
4. __ ​  25 ​ = ___
​    ​ + ___
​    ​ = ___
​    ​​  ​​  1 ​  + __
5. __ ​  1 ​  + __
​  1 ​  =​
2 6 3 6
__
​​   ​ + __
​   ​ + __
​   ​ = __
​   ​ = __
​   ​​
1
1 1 1
2 5 5
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 1 1 1
6 3 6
1 1 1 1
6 6 6 6

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 6. Explain why the denominator 6 in _​​  36 ​​ is not changed when
adding the fractions. ​  3 ​  = __
__ ​  3 ​ 
6 6
1 ​  = __
​ +  ​ __ ​  2 ​ ​ 
​​  ​​​
3 6 
_
5 ​ 
__
​ 
6

1
7. Model with Math  About __   ​​of the bones
​​  10
in your body are in your skull. Your hands
have about _​​  14 ​​of the bones in your body.
Write and solve an equation to find the
fraction of the bones in your body that
are in your hands or skull.
8. enVision® STEM  Of 36 chemical
elements, 2 are named for women
scientists and 25 are named for places.
What fraction of these 36 elements
are named for women or places?
Show your work.

9. Higher Order Thinking  Roger made a table

Amount of Time Spent on
showing how he spends his time in one day. Activities in One Day
DATA

How many days will go by before Roger has Activity Part of Day
slept the equivalent of one day? Explain how 1 ​​ day
Work ​​ __
you found your answer. 3
3 ​​  day
​​ __
Sleep
8
1 ​​  day
​​ __
Meals
8
1 ​​  day
​​ __
Computer
6

Assessment Practice

10. Which equations are true when _​​ 12 ​​ is 11. Which equations are true when _​​ 47 ​​ is
placed in the box? placed in the box?
9  ​​ 
​ + __ ​  55 ​ = __
​  3 ​​ 1  ​ +
​​ ___
14
= ___
​  14
2
1
___ __ 2
​​     ​ + ​  5 ​ = ​ 2 ​ + __
​​ __ ​  2 ​ = ​
10 4 3
1 ​ +
​​ __ ​  14 ​​
= __ ​ + __ ​  67 ​​
​  27 ​ = __
2
1 ​ + __
​​ __ ​  1 ​ = ​ 1   ​ +
​​ ___ = ___ ​  47 ​​ 
6 3 10 70

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