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Why unlike denominators will not add — Homework
Explain and identify when fractions can or cannot be added directly.
- 1.Can 2/5 + 1/5 be added directly? Why?
- 2.Can 2/5 + 1/3 be added directly? Why not?
- 3.Explain why 1/2 + 1/4 is not 2/6.
- 4.Which is the bigger piece: 1/6 or 1/3?
- 5.Give a real-life example, not fractions, of why you cannot add two different-size units directly.
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