MathsYears 3–4Fractions, Decimals & Percentages
Add and subtract fractions with same denominator
Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator within one whole
What you'll learn
- 1
Imagine a chocolate bar 🍫 with 6 squares. You eat 2 squares — that's 2 sixths of the bar.
- 2
If a pizza 🍕 is cut into 8 slices and you eat 3, what fraction do you eat?
- 3
Shade 2 fifths of this bar — then shade 1 more fifth. How many fifths now?
- 4
Let's add 2 sevenths + 3 sevenths together.
- 5
What is 2 eighths + 3 eighths?
- 6
Start with 5 sixths. Take away 2 sixths. How many sixths are left?
- 7
What is 5 sixths − 2 sixths?
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