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Make the number work for you! Use this lesson to teach your students to add mixed numbers with like denominators using the strategy of decomposition.

Teach your students to subtract mixed numbers with like denominators using the strategy of decomposition. This strategy helps students to manipulate and break down numbers to help them solve tricky subtraction problems.

Help kids master fractions with the fun, fast-paced, math comparison game Fraction Wars. After a review, students are split into pairs to practice quickly comparing fractions with different numerators and denominators.

Teach your students to add and subtract fractions with like denominators using a strategy that works for both operations: converting mixed numbers into improper fractions and back again!

Students will learn to model mixed number subtraction with manipulatives using this hands-on lesson plan.

Teach your students to add mixed numbers and improper fractions with the same denominator using the counting up strategy with number lines.