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Book Club Week: Reading Parts of One Story

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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.

1.
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

2.
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

3.
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

4.
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?
Question 4 options
5.
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.

6.
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

7.
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

8.
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:

9.
Eli has read 6/7 of his book. Which number sentence shows how much of the book he has left to read?
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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?
11.
Each story is about one book with 6 equal chapters. Match each story to its answer.
12.
Jamal says that 3/8 of a book plus 2/8 of the same book is 5/16 of the book. Is he right? Explain what the eighths mean.