Adding Fractions
4/8+2/8=
6/8
9/10-3/10=
6/10
The bottom number in a fraction is called the ___________.
denominator
Loretta will make a peanut mix using salty and spicy peanuts. She will use ⅜ pound of salty peanuts and ⅝ pound of spicy peanuts. How many pounds of peanut mix will she make?
⅜ + ⅝ = 8/8
or one whole.
2/5+1/5=
3/5
8/12-4/12=
4/12
The answer in a subtraction equation is called?
The difference
Stella and Camila are eating pizza. Stella eats ⅜ of the pizza. Camilia eats 2/8 of the pizza. How many pizzas did Camilia and Stella eat all together?
Stella and Camila ate 5/8 of the pizza
1/5+1/5+2/5=
4/5
6/12-4/12=
2/12
When two or more fractions have the same denominators, they have __________.
Like denominators
Timothy mowed 1/6 of the lawn. His sister Elianna mowed 4/6 of the lawn. How much of the lawn did Timothy and Elianna mow in all?
1/6+ 4/6= 5/6
3/8+2/8+3/8=
8/8
6/8-4/8=
2/8
The answer in an addition equation is called?
The sum
Mariana used 3/12 pound of butter for her cookies and 4/12 pound of butter for carrot cake. How much butter did Mariana use?
Mariana used 7/12 pounds of butter
8/12+2/12+2/12=
12/12
11/12- 8/12=
3/12
To ____________ is to break apart a number into parts.
decompose
Monica has 2/5 of a glass filled with milk. She adds milk to the glass until 4/5 of the glass is filled with milk. How much milk does Monica add to the glass?
She adds 2/5