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App Smash Challenge: Addition & Subtraction of Fractions

Addition & Subtraction of Fractions App Smash Challenge

This challenge is meant to support and extend your classroom learning during the 5th Grade Addition & Subtraction of Fractions math unit, and it supports the following learning targets:

        • I can explain why fractions with unlike denominators cannot be added or subtracted. (5.NF.A.1.T1)
        • I can use equivalent fractions to find common denominators. (5.NF.A.1.T2)
        • I can use multiple strategies to create equivalent fractions to add or subtract fractions. (5.NF.A.1.T3)
        • I can use multiple strategies to create equivalent fractions to add or subtract mixed numbers. (5.NF.A.1.T4)
        • I can use multiple strategies to solve addition and subtraction word problems involving fractions. (5.NF.A.2.T1)

Are you up for the challenge?

If so, simply click on the game board below to unlock your own digital journey! GOOD LUCK!

PLEASE NOTE: Due to publishing restrictions for the students that participated in the original live version of this challenge, this sample version of the challenge has been modified to remove students' work and reflections, but can still be accessed and "played" by the public for the sake of sampling the challenge. However, please note that the "Practice Skills" spots on the game board link to a specific website with access restricted to the original students that the challenge was designed for. (You can skip those spots, and move on through the challenge!)
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