Adding and Subtracting Fractions © www.SaveTeachersSundays.com 2013
Adding and subtracting fractions Just like with numbers, we can add and subtract fractions 1 1 2 1 3 2 + + + 2 2 4 4 8 8 2 1 3 1 7 2 - - - 2 2 4 4 8 8 © www.SaveTeachersSundays.com 2013
It is easier to do add fractions if we use diagrams to help us Adding fractions It is easier to do add fractions if we use diagrams to help us 1 1 2 1 3 2 + = + = + = 2 2 4 4 8 8 © www.SaveTeachersSundays.com 2013
Subtracting fractions It is easier to do to subtract fractions we use diagrams to help us 2 1 2 1 7 4 - = - = - = 2 2 4 4 8 8 © www.SaveTeachersSundays.com 2013
To access the remaining 14 slides, covering: unsuitable diagrams for showing fractions more adding and subtracting fractions on diagrams examples: fractions less than a whole, with same denominator fractions more than a whole, with the same denominator fractions with different denominators visit http://www.saveteacherssundays.com/maths/year-3/101/adding-and-subtracting-fractions/ © www.SaveTeachersSundays.com 2013