Unit 2 Game Name:

Fraction Sums and Differences

What you need: Recording Sheet,
1 number cube (1–6) 2

4
6

Directions

• times
Both players roll the number cube four
and record the four numbers at
Fraction Sums and Differe
nces Recording Sheet
Name:

the top of the Recording Sheet. Players

use these same numbers for Rounds 1 Pam
Player A Name
Scott
through 4. Player B Name
Digits:
2 4 6 1 5
•
Digits:
3 1 4
In each round the players use these Greatest Sum
Greatest Sum
four digits to create two fractions. 2 6
1.
···· 1 ···· 5 62 5 4
4 1 4
·· 1.
···· 1 ···· 5 61
• greatest
In Round 1, the player with the
sum wins the round. Use the
Greatest Difference
1 3

Greatest Difference
·3

2.
···· 2 ···· 5
digits to make two fractions, and add 2.
···· 2 ···· 5

them. Record the addition and sum on the Least Sum

Recording Sheet. Least Sum
3.
···· 1 ···· 5

•
3.
···· 1 ···· 5
In Round 2, the player with the greatest
Least Difference
difference wins the round. Make two fractions, Least Difference

and subtract one from the other. Record the 4. ···· 2 ···· 5
The greater
4. the
···· 2 ···· 5
difference. fractions, the
Players’ Choice

• wins. greater the sum. But

Players’ Choice
In Round 3, the player who makes the least sum 5.
···· 5
what does····it mean to
····
5.
···· 5

have the greatest

• difference
In Round 4, the player who makes the least
wins.
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• toIn Round 5, the players decide together whether

add or subtract and whether to try for the
greatest or least result. After deciding, players
both roll 4 new numbers to use in the final
round.

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 Name:

Fraction Sums and Differences Recording Sheet

Player A Name Player B Name

Digits: Digits:

Greatest Sum
Greatest Sum

​ 
1. ​ 1 ​  ​5 ​ 
1. ​ 1 ​  ​5
···· ···· ···· ····

Greatest Difference
Greatest Difference

​ 
2. ​ 2 ​  ​5 ​ 
2. ​ 2 ​  ​5
···· ···· ···· ····

Least Sum
Least Sum

​ 
3. ​ 1 ​  ​5 ​ 
3. ​ 1 ​  ​5
···· ···· ···· ····

Least Difference
Least Difference

​ 
4. ​ 2 ​  ​5 ​ 
4. ​ 2 ​  ​5
···· ···· ···· ····

Players’ Choice
Players’ Choice

​ 
5. ​ ​  ​5 ​ 
5. ​ ​  ​5
···· ···· ···· ····

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 Unit 2 Practice Name:

Number and Operations—Fractions

In this unit you learned to: Lesson

add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators, for example:

10, 11
​  3​ 1 ​ 1​ 5 ​ 17​  .
··
5 ··
4 ··
20
estimate sums or differences of fractions, for example: 2 ​ 3​ 1 5 ​ 1​ is
··
8 ··
2 11
a little less than 8.

multiply fractions, for example: ​ 2​ 3 ​ 5​ 5 ​ 10​ or ​ 5​  . 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
··
3 ··
6 ··
18 ··
9

divide unit fractions, for example: 4 4 ​ 1​ 5 28. 17, 18

··
7

Use these skills to solve problems 1–7.

1 Roma makes 44 ounces of salsa. 2 Which of the following does the dark
She pours an equal amount into gray area of the area model represent?
5 containers. How much salsa does she Circle the letter of all that apply.
pour in each container? Write a division
expression to represent the problem A ​  1​ 3 ​ 1​
··
2 ··
4
and solve.
B ​ 1​ 3 ​ 1​
··
8 ··
2
C 1
​  ​ 4 2
··4
D ​  1​ 4 ​ 1​
··8 ·· 2

3 Write one fraction from the box to make each

sentence true.
​  2​    ​ 
5​
a. The product      3 ​ 3​is greater than ​ 3​  . ··
3 ··
2
··
8 ··
8
3 3
b. The product      3 ​  ​is less than ​  ​  . ​  3​
··
5
··
8 ··
8
3 3
c. The product      3 ​  ​is equal to ​  ​  . ​  5​    ​ 
4​
··
8 ··
8 ··
4 ··
4

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 Solve.

4 Nance is riding her bike to a friend’s house 4 ​ 1 ​ miles

··
2
3
away. She’s ridden 2 ​  ​miles. How much farther does
··
5
she need to ride? Estimate, and then compute.
Explain how you know your answer is reasonable.
Show your work.

Solutions:

5 Nick’s grandfather grows tomatoes in 6 Ron is slicing 5 pizzas. Each slice is

a section of his yard that is ​ 4​  -meter ​  1​of the pizza. How many pizza slices
··
5 ··
8
2
long and ​  ​ -meter wide. What is the
··
3
will there be in all?
area of the tomato section? A 5 slices
B 8 slices
C 13 slices
D 40 slices

7 Natan’s family spent 2 ​ 1 ​hours visiting a national

··
4
monument near their home. They watched a video
in the visitor’s center for ​ 1​of that time. How much
··
3
time did they spend watching the video?
Show your work.

Solutions:

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 Unit 2 Performance Task Name:

Answer the questions and show all your work on

separate paper.

It’s snack time and you are going to make some snack mix
for you and your friends. You have two snack mix recipes. Checklist
You will make at least one batch of each recipe.
Did you . . .
For Recipe 1, each batch needs: ​ 1​cup almonds, show all the
··
3
1 1
​  ​cup raisins, and ​  ​cup sunflower seeds. ingredients you
··4 ··
2
need?
For Recipe 2, each batch needs: ​ 1​cup almonds, use a visual
··
4
​ 1​cup chocolate chips, and ​ 1​cup sunflower seeds. model?
··8 ··
6
check your
Here’s what you have in the kitchen: 5 cups of almonds,
answer for
2 cups of raisins, 3 cups of sunflower seeds, and 1 cup of
accuracy?
chocolate chips.
• How many batches of each recipe will you make?
Explain your decisions. Use visual models and/or write
equations. Show how much of each ingredient you
will use to make the number of batches of snack mix
that you choose.
• How many cups of snack mix will you have in all when
you are finished?

Reflect on Mathematical Practices

1 Model What visual models did you use, and why?
How did each model help you understand and solve
the problem?

2 Reason Mathematically Both recipes use sunflower

seeds, but they use different amounts. How did you
make sure that you had enough sunflower seeds for all
your batches of snack mix?

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 Performance Task Tips
Word Bank Here are some words that you might use in
your answer.

divide quotient multiply

product total fraction

third half fourth

sixth eighth cups

Models Here are some models that you might use to find
the solution.

1
2

0 1 2 3

1 2

Sentence Starters Here are some sentence starters that

might help explain your work.

I need      to make      batches of     

5 cups of almonds can make     

3 cups of sunflower seeds can make     

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Unit 2 Vocabulary Name:

My Examples
fraction
a number that compares a part, the
numerator, to a whole, the denominator

numerator
the top number in a fraction that tells the
number of equal parts described by the
fraction

denominator
the bottom number in a fraction that tells
the total number of equal parts in a whole

common denominator
a denominator shared by two or more
fractions, which can be found by finding
the least common multiple of the
denominators

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 My Examples
equivalent fractions
two or more fractions that name the same
part of a whole

benchmark fraction

a common fraction that you can judge

other numbers against 1​ e.g., ​ 1​  , ​ 1​  , ​ 3​  2​
··
4 ··
2 ··
4

unit fraction
a fraction with a numerator of 1

division
an operation used to find the number in
each group or the number of groups in
equal-sized groups

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 My Examples
divide
to separate into equal groups

quotient
the result of division

remainder
the amount left over that, as a whole
number, will not divide equally into
groups

multiplication
an operation used to find the total
number of items in equal-sized groups

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 My Examples
multiply
to find the total number of items in
equal-sized groups

product
the result of multiplication

factor
a number that is multiplied by another
number

area
the amount of space a two-dimensional
figure covers

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 My Examples
equation
a mathematical sentence that uses an
equal sign (5) to show that two
expressions have the same value

My Words

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 My Words My Examples

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