Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators Parent Unit Summary Overarching Student Learning Goals Resources/Tasks to support your child at home. In this unit, your child will work to build an understanding of the following: Renaming fractions- Students can explain why a common denominator can be used to express a sum or difference. Using area models to rename fractions- Students learn to identify a common denominator by finding a multiple that the denominators have in common. See below for an example ( 12 is a common multiple of both 3 and 4). Students can create equivalent fractions (with common denominators) to Adding and subtracting with unlike denominators- add and subtract. Creating equivalent fractions through area models
Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators Parent Unit Summary Overarching Student Learning Goals In this unit, your child will work to build an understanding of the following: Resources/Tasks to support your child at home. Students can explain why a common denominator can be used to express a sum or difference. Students learn to identify a common denominator by finding a multiple that the denominators have in common. See below for an example ( 12 is a common multiple of both 3 and 4). Renaming fractions- Using area models to rename fractions- Students can create equivalent fractions (with common denominators) to add and subtract. Adding and subtracting with unlike denominators- Creating equivalent fractions through area models
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