In this instructional activity, 5th graders will learn how to add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers using models and by finding common denominators.

Practice adding and subtracting mixed numbers with different denominators. Regrouping required. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Practice solving fraction addition and subtraction word problems. The fractions in these problems have unlike denominators.

Challenge problems involving adding and subtracting fractions that have unlike denominators.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Evaluate numerical expressions with fractions by renaming multiple terms with a lowest common denominator.

Practice adding and subtracting mixed numbers with different denominators. Regrouping required.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This begins with a video that gives a list of steps and describes how to add fractions with unlike denominators. Following the video is practice problems adding two...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students subtract fractions and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...

Find a quick, concise explanation of how to add and subtract fractions. Step by step examples are included to help you understand how to find the sum or difference for fractions with both like and unlike denominators.

Practice adding fractions that have different denominators.

Practice adding and subtracting mixed numbers with different denominators. No regrouping required.

Get independent practice adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Add fractions and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators

This personal site explains how to add fractions with different denominators by finding the least common denominator. Gives problems and games to practice this skill.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart teaches the steps necessary to add or subtract fractions with unlike denominators by getting a common denominator. It uses Activotes to assess getting the correct least common multiple,...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart includes step by step directions on how to add or subtract fractions with unlike denominators. Practice session included with flipchart.

Use this Web site to practice finding equivalent fractions using a matching game format. CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.3.a Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size, or the same point on a number line.

This very basic website gives simple, easy steps on how to add fractions with the same denominator and what to do when they have different denominators.

The purpose of this task is to present students with a situation where it is natural to add fraction with unlike denominators; it can be used for either assessment or instructional purposes. Aligns with 5.NF.A.1.

The purpose of this task is to have students add fractions with unlike denominators and divide a unit fraction by a whole number. This accessible real-life context provides students with an opportunity to apply their understanding of...

This video tutorial reviews how to add mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators. The lesson includes detailed examples.

This learning tutorial investigates how to add and subtract rational expressions with like and unlike denominators. The lesson includes two videos that demonstrate the process of adding and subtracting rational expressions and four...

Learn the "easiest method" for finding the common denominator of two fractions with different denominators. View animated examples and look over the steps that it takes to find a common denominator and add two fractions.