Halves are the biggest parts. Fourths are the smallest. You can also count how many parts there are!
What parts do we have?
Let’s Learn!
How do we add fractions?
Goal:
Goal:
Think About It!
Goal: Understand how to add fractions.
These bricks are broken. We need to put them back together!
What do you notice about the bricks? The bricks are partitioned into two, three, and four equal pieces. Partitioned means divided into parts. Halves are two equal parts. Thirds are three equal parts. Fourths are four equal parts.
We will use addition to put the equal parts back together. Click to see how!
We have two halves!
Now we need an addition sentence. Addition tells us we are putting the parts back together. We are adding the numbers that show each part.
Here is the addition sentence to show we are adding halves!
What is the answer? We are trying to get a whole shape.
We can put equal parts back together with addition!