Use visual fraction models to add and subtract fractions with the same denominators. Notice patterns in the numerator and denominator of the sum and difference. Get some more practice with identifying and representing equivalent fractions.
MI.Math.Content.4.NF.B.3a Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers
Understand addition and subtraction of fractions as joining and separating parts referring to the same whole.
MI.Math.Content.4.NF.B.3d Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers
Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole and having like denominators, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem.
