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Adding and subtracting fractions

Adding and subtracting fractions. Two-step problems. What is a two-step problem?. Just how it sounds. Two-step problem. Solve the problem in the first step Solve the problem in the second step Now, you ’ re done. Here ’ s an example.

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Adding and subtracting fractions

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  1. Adding and subtracting fractions Two-step problems

  2. What is a two-step problem? Just how it sounds

  3. Two-step problem • Solve the problem in the first step • Solve the problem in the second step • Now, you’re done

  4. Here’s an example

  5. Grandmother told the girls to gather wild rice from the lake shore

  6. The first granddaughter gathers rice from 4/7 of the shore The second granddaughter gathers rice from 2/7 of the shore How much of the shore is left?

  7. What is the first step? Figure out how much was already gathered

  8. I gathered 4/7 of the rice

  9. I gathered 4/7 of the rice I gathered 2/7 of the rice

  10. STEP ONE 4 + 2 = 6 7 7 7 This is how much rice was gathered already

  11. Step two Subtract Subtract from what?

  12. Step two Subtract Subtract from the whole Subtract from what?

  13. This can be a tiny bit tricky You have gathered rice from this fraction 6 7 You subtract from the whole. A whole of anything – a whole lake shore, a whole pot of stew, a whole snake, a whole anything is 1.

  14. 1 - 6 = 7 7 - 6 = 1 7 7 7

  15. You could just count how many pieces and then see how many pieces are left 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7

  16. That works IF you have a model What if you don’t? 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7

  17. If you don’t have a model • Add up the different fractions to find the total amount you have gathered • Subtract the answer you found in step one from 1 • Hint: You might find it easier to change 1 to a fraction like 7/7

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