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Book Club Week: Reading Parts of One Story

Grade 4 fraction practice: add and subtract parts of the same book to understand joining and separating fractions with like denominators.

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Aligned to4.NF.B.3.a

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 4
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students add fractions with like denominators as joining parts of the same whole.
Students subtract fractions with like denominators as separating parts of the same whole.
Students explain why the denominator stays the same when parts of one whole are joined.

How to use

Use after students know that a fraction counts equal parts of one whole. Let them shade fraction bars for the first few stories, then decide on their own whether each review story joins or separates parts.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

4.NF.B.3.a

Understand adding and subtracting fractions as joining and separating parts of the same whole.

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Book Club Week: Reading Parts of One Story

Join and separate fraction parts of the same book.

Part 1: Reading together

Each book is one whole. Add the parts that were read.

Ava's mystery book has 8 equal chapters. She reads 2/8 of the book on Monday and 3/8 of the book on Tuesday. What fraction of the book has she read so far?

2/8 + 3/8 = of the book

Mateo's poetry book has 6 equal parts. He reads 1/6 of the book before lunch and 4/6 of the book after lunch. How much of the book does he read in all?

1/6 + 4/6 = of the book

This bar shows Lena's adventure book split into 10 equal parts. She has already read the shaded part. Tonight she will read 3/10 more of the book.

Part already read:
Part read after tonight: of the book

Kai reads 2/5 of a book. Later he reads 2/5 more of the same book. How much of the book has he read?

A. 4/10 of the book
B. 2/5 of the book
C. 4/5 of the book
D. 5/5 of the book

Three friends take turns reading one book aloud. Jada reads 2/9 of the book, Omar reads 3/9, and Rosa reads 4/9. How much of the book do they read together?

2/9 + 3/9 + 4/9 = of the book

Part 2: Parts left to read

Subtract to find the part of the book that is left or still unread.

Noah's science book has 8 equal chapters. He has read 5/8 of the book. What fraction of the book does he still need to read?

8/8 − 5/8 = of the book

Ms. Ortiz reads 7/10 of a chapter book aloud to her class this month. She read 4/10 of the book in the first two weeks. What fraction of the book did she read in the last two weeks?

7/10 − 4/10 = of the book

Priya reads 3/12 of her book on Friday and 4/12 of it on Saturday. She reads the rest of the book on Sunday.

Part read before Sunday:
Part read on Sunday:

Eli has read 6/7 of his book. Which number sentence shows how much of the book he has left to read?

A. 6/7 − 1/7 = 5/7
B. 7/7 − 6/7 = 1/7
C. 7/7 + 6/7 = 13/7
D. 6/7 − 6/7 = 0

Part 3: Book club review

Decide if each story joins parts or separates parts, then solve.

10.

Sort each story. Does it join parts of the book or separate parts of the book?

Zoe reads 1/4 of a book, then 2/4 more. How much has she read?Ben has read 5/6 of a book. How much is left to read?Sam has 4/5 of a book left to read. He reads 2/5 of the book today. How much is still left?Two friends read the same book aloud. One reads 3/8 of it and the other reads 2/8. How much do they read in all?