Texas Math Models

Strip diagram · make the whole

3/5 + 4/5 = 1 2/5 Grade 4

two wholes the SAME size, each cut into fifths 35 45 slide them together: 5 fifths fill the first whole 1 whole 25left over 35+45=125 solid = the first number · dashed = the second · orange = the whole just made

How this one works

How

shade each fraction on its own strip, then slide the parts together into one whole.

Best when

the answer goes past 1 and you want to see it happen.

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