Question P3 P5 fraction foundations
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Translate division into a fraction, then calculate exactly with mixed and improper fractions.
In this one. Related denominators make an equivalent common unit; only then can numerators be combined.
Two fractions with different denominators to add or compare, or a mixed number to calculate with, point here.
Children add or compare the numerators straight away without rewriting the denominators to match first, treating a third plus a sixth as two sevenths.
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