LOOK FOR WORDS THAT WILL HELP US SOLVE WORD PROBLEMS.
ADDITION- altogether, increased by, combined, together, total sum, plus added to
SUBTRACTION- decreased by, minus, less, difference between/of, less than, fewer than
left, left over,
MULTIPLICATION- times, multiplied by, in total, total amount
DIVISION- out of, equal pieces, split, groups of, teams, same amount,
WHEN ADDING FRACTIONS THE DENOMINATORS NEED TO BE THE SAME BEFORE WE CAN SOLVE.
STEP 1- ARE THE DENOMINATORS THE SAME? IF YES, SOLVE.
STEP 2- IF THE DENOMINATORS ARE NOT THE SAME, CAN THE SMALLEST DENOMINATOR FIT INTO THE BIGGEST DENOMINATOR? IF YES SOLVE.
STEP 3- IF THE DENOMINATORS ARE NOT THE SAME, AND THE SMALLEST DENOMINATOR DOES NOT FIT INTO THE BIGGEST DENOMINATOR YOU NEED TO MULTIPLY THE TWO DENOMINATORS TO GET YOUR NEW DENOMINATOR.
We are learning to solve addition problems by changing one of the numbers into a tidy number.