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Adding Fractions with a missing variable
11-13-14
GOAL
• I can add mixed numbers to find my missing variable with the given amount.
Agenda
•Fluency•Application Problem•Hiking Task•Whole group instruction•Exit Ticket
Fluency
•You will have 4 minutes to simplify as many fractions as possible!•Whoever gets the most correct gets a treat
Application Problem
•For a large order, Ms. Winters made 3/8 kg of fudge in her bakery. She then got 1/6 kg from her brother’s bakery. If she needs a total of 1 ½ kg, how much more fudge does she need to make?
Hiking Task
•Use private think time to think through the task independently. What is the task asking you to do? How do you know? How do you know your answer is correct?• I’ll give you small group time to talk to your
partner and discuss multiple solution paths. •Whole group- let’s talk about this together.
14/3 + _____ + 9/4 = 8 11/12
•What do you notice about this fraction equation?
_____ - 15 – 4 ½ = 7 3/5
6 ¾ + 3/5 - ____ = 5
Exit Ticket
•There are only two problems! This should not take you longer than 6 minutes to complete. •You may turn it into the basket when you are finished.
GOAL
•Someone put our goal into their own words. What did we learn how to do today?•How might this be beneficial to us in the future?