NAME ______________________________ DATE _______________

DAILY PRACTICE

Roll Around the Clock Problems

Nora and Alexander are playing Roll Around the Clock. For each round, find the sum of their rolls, and circle who wins the point. If it is a tie, write “tie” next to the round.

  Nora: Alexander:
Round 1: Two fraction cubes: one-half, seven-twelfths. Two fraction cubes: two-thirds, one-third.
  sum: _______________ sum: _______________
Round 2: Two fraction cubes: three-fourths, one-sixth. Two fraction cubes: five-sixths, one-twelfth.
  sum: _______________ sum: _______________
Round 3: Two fraction cubes: one-twelfth, one-half. Two fraction cubes: one-third, one-fourth.
  sum: _______________ sum: _______________
Round 4: Two fraction cubes: two-thirds, five-twelfths. Two fraction cubes: three-fourths, one-half.
  sum: _______________ sum: _______________

NOTE

Using the distance around a clock as a model, students practice adding fractions with related denominators.

MWI Using Equivalent Fractions to Add or Subtract Fractions


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Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Puzzles, Clusters, and Towers Unit 2 Prisms and Solids Unit 3 Rectangles, Clocks, and Tracks Unit 4 How Many People and Teams? Unit 5 Temperature, Height, and Growth Unit 6 Between 0 and 1 Unit 7 Races, Arrays, and Grids Unit 8 Properties of Polygons