Summary
“Adding and Subtracting Fractions Song” is a NUMBEROCK animated math music video about adding and subtracting fractions with like and unlike denominators. Catchy and quick to drop into a math warm-up, mini-lesson, or review center.
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All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
A fraction names equal parts of a whole. The bottom number tells how many equal parts in all; the top tells how many you have.
- What does the bottom number of a fraction tell you? The top number?
- How is the fraction in this song shown or compared?
- Where do you see fractions in real life?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: fraction, numerator, denominator, equal parts, whole.
Try it: Fold or draw a whole into equal parts, shade some, and write the fraction you shaded.