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Grade 4

5.06 Mixed numbers and improper fractions

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Let's review how to identify a fraction using the shaded area of a shape.

Which of the following shows $\frac{2}{6}$26​ of the area shaded?

  1. A

    B

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How to write and read mixed numbers. 

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Question 1

Write $9$9 and $1$1 half as a mixed number:

  1. $\editable{}\frac{\editable{}}{\editable{}}$​

 

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This video looks at how to change a mixed number into an improper fraction, or an improper fraction to a mixed number. 

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Question 2

Rewrite $4\frac{1}{2}$412​ as an improper fraction.

 

Remember!

The whole number component of a mixed number tells you how many wholes there are.  

 

Outcomes

4.NF.3

Understand a fraction a/b with a > 1 as a sum of fractions 1/b. In other words, any fraction is a sum of unit fractions.

4.NF.3.c

Add and subtract mixed numbers with like denominators, for example By replacing each mixed number with an equivalent fraction, and/or by using properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction.

4.NF.3.d

Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole and having like denominators.

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