Math Playground: Adding Fractions With Different Denominators

Creative and fun lessons help kids get some hands-on experience with fractions. The resource includes 50 innovative ways to teach kids about equivalent fractions, adding and subtracting fractions, using fractions in money math and...

Have your class demonstrate their ability to compare fractions with this short multiple-choice assessment. Using the fractions 9/8 and 9/4, the students first make comparisons using both words and the greater than/less than signs. Next,...

This fractions PowerPoint defines and gives examples of multiples and least common multiple, then models how to list multiples and circle the least common multiple. Each step to use in subtracting fractions with unlike denominators is...

Develop a strategy for adding and subtracting fractions with your classes. The video shows a procedure for adding and subtracting fractions by finding common denominators. Each example increases in difficulty.

Have your students solve this word problem along with Sal. He adds mixed numbers to solve the problem and shows what to do if the mixed numbers have uncommon denominators.

Combining fractions with unlike denominators. Wait! You can't do that! You have to have common denominators to combine the numerator of fractions. Here's a quick review of changing the denominator by multiplying each fraction by that...

Work through adding mixed fractions by first converting each fraction to an improper fraction. This video details each necessary step, including how to reduce and convert your improper fraction back into a mixed fraction after you have...

Adding fractions? Do they have a common denominator? Then all that needs to be done is to add the numerators and keep the value of the denominator the same.

Having a common denominator is the best thing to have when subtracting fractions. If you have a common denominator then all you have to do is subtract the numbers in the numerator.

What can quesadillas teach your class about fractions? More than you might think. AJ and Zoe from the StudyJams! crew use this Mexican cuisine to explain how fractions are just equal parts of a whole, defining the key terms numerator and...