Let’s Try It
1 Copy and complete the number lines to show the whole numbers written as improper fractions.
1 3
2 3
4 3
5 3
7 3
8 3
0
1
2
3
1 4
2 4
3 4
5 4
6 4
7 4
9 4
10 4
11 4
0
1
2
3
What do you notice about the numerators?
3 __ 5
2 Jade and Winston use different methods to count on 1 __ 5
six times from
.
Jade’s method
10 5
3 5 3 5 9 5
6 5 4 5
9 5 5 5
6 5
7 5
8 5
9 5
+
=
4 5
1
=
Winston’s method 1 __ 5 + 1 __ 5 + 1 __ 5 + 1 __ 5 + 1 __ 5
1 __ 5
1 __ 5
+
= 1
3 __ 5
1 __ 5
4 __ 5
+ 1
= 1
3 __ 8
1 __ 8
eleven times from
.
Count on
Use both Jade’s method and Winston’s method. Which method did you prefer?
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