Adding like fractions
The question
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6÷6=1
6÷6=1
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- Both are sixths, so the pieces are already the same size. That is what lets them be counted together.
- 2 of them plus 4 of them is 6 of them: . The bottom does not change — the pieces did not change size.
- is every piece of one whole — there is nothing left over and nothing left to cut, so it is just 1.
How it works.
- 01
Both are sixths, so the pieces are already the same size. That is what lets them be counted together.
- 02
2 of them plus 4 of them is 6 of them: 6/6. The bottom does not change — the pieces did not change size.
- 03
6/6 is every piece of one whole — there is nothing left over and nothing left to cut, so it is just 1.