frac y5 add sub

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Imagine two chocolate bars 🍫🍫. One is cut into 3 equal pieces, the other into 5 pieces. You eat 2 pieces from the first bar and 3 from the second.

2. 2

   If you have two chocolate bars cut into different numbers of pieces, can you add the pieces straight away?

3. 3

   Look at these two fraction bars. One is split into 3 pieces, the other into 5 pieces. Tap to shade 2 pieces of the first bar and 3 pieces of the second bar.

4. 4

   Let's add 1/4 + 1/2 together. We need the bars to match first.

5. 5

   Try adding 1/3 + 1/6 using the fraction bars. Shade 1 piece of the thirds bar, then change it to sixths.

6. 6

   What is 1/3 + 1/6? (Think: 1/3 = 2/6, so 2/6 + 1/6 = ?)

7. 7

   What is 2/5 + 1/10? (Remember: 2/5 = 4/10)