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Math · grade 5 · 5.NF.A.1

Adding fractions with different bottoms

Free practice for adding fractions with different bottoms. It loads instantly, there is nothing to sign up for, and it stops after eight questions.

What this skill is

Adding fractions is counting units. Three fifths plus one fifth is four fifths because you are counting fifths; the size of the piece does not change, which is why the bottom number does not either.

Three ways to teach it at home

  1. Say the unit out loud: three fifths plus one fifth is four fifths, because you are counting fifths.
  2. If they add the bottoms, go back to the number line and show that the pieces did not change size.
  3. Only introduce unlike denominators once equivalence is solid on the line.

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What grade is "adding fractions with different bottoms"?

It sits in grade 5 in most sequences, and it is aligned to 5.NF.A.1. In Ladderbug it opens once adding fractions with the same bottom and equivalent fractions are solid — grade labels are a rough guide, and readiness is what actually matters.

Is this game free?

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