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DAILY PRACTICE

Addition Compare

Here are some sample rounds from Addition Compare with Fractions. Decide which person has the greater sum or if the sums are equal. Explain your reasoning, or if you added each pair of fractions, show how you did it. Try to use reasoning about the size of the fractions.

Place >, <, or = in the box between the problems.

	Martin's problems:		Yumiko's problems:
1	1 2 + 2 6 1 half , plus , 2 sixths		3 6 + 3 3 3 sixths , plus , 3 thirds
	How did you decide whose sum is greater?
2	9 6 + 9 8 9 sixths , plus , 9 eighths		7 6 + 2 5 7 sixths , plus , 2 fifths
	How did you decide whose sum is greater?
3	3 2 + 6 8 3 halves , plus , 6 eighths		3 4 + 15 10 3 fourths , plus , 15 over 10
	How did you decide whose sum is greater?

NOTE

Students compare sums and decide which is greater.

MWI Using Equivalent Fractions to Add or Subtract Fractions

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