Unit 4: Fractions
Mini-Unit 2: Adding & Subtracting Fractions
Lesson 2.3: Adding Fractions & Mixed Numbers
Strengthen your students’ understanding of adding fractions and mixed numbers with this 4th grade practice worksheet. Students use number lines, fraction strips, and visual models to add fractions with common denominators, convert improper fractions to mixed numbers, and simplify sums when needed.
Students will:
• add fractions with a common denominator using number lines and visual models
• convert improper fractions to mixed numbers
• determine whether sums are less than 1, equal to 1, or greater than 1
• simplify sums to equivalent fractions when needed
• use fraction strips to represent addends and check their work
Standards:
• CCSS: 4.NF.3a, 4.NF.3c, 4.NF.3d
• TEKS: 4.3E, 4.3F
