The purpose of this instructional task is to motivate a discussion about adding fractions and the meaning of the common denominator. The different parts of the task have students moving back and forth between the abstract representation of the fractions and the meaning of the fractions in the context. Aligns with 5.NF.A.1.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

adding fractions, equivalent fractions, fractions

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Additional Tags

add fractions, fraction addition, fraction operations, number operations, 5.nf.a.1, cc by-nc-sa 4.0, creative commons attribution-noncommercial-sharealike 4.0, creative commons, illustrative mathematics, illustrative mathematics: making s'mores

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Classroom Considerations

Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice

Common Core

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