Suitable for Grades: 4th Grade
CCSS: 4.NF.B.3.A, 4.NF.B.3.B
CCSS Description: Understand a fraction a/b with a > 1 as a sum of fractions 1/b. Understand addition and subtraction of fractions as joining and separating parts referring to the same whole.lem.
Decompose a fraction into a sum of fractions with the same denominator in more than one way, recording each decomposition by an equation. Justify decompositions, e.g., by using a visual fraction model. Examples: 3/8 = 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 ; 3/8 = 1/8 + 2/8 ; 2 1/8 = 1 + 1 + 1/8 = 8/8 + 8/8 + 1/8.
This worksheet is the third in our differentiated series for students, throughout which students will complete number pyramids using addition and subtraction of fractions with the same denominator. We have included an example to encourage independence amongst your learners.