Grade
5
Same & Different: Time & Money
Look at the two pictures. What do you notice?
![A. shows a fraction addition problem with money. 3 quarters + 5 dimes. B. shows a fraction addition problem with clocks. Clock 1 is divided into 6 equal parts. The parts from 12 to 10 are shaded. Clock 2 is divided into 12 equal parts. The parts from 12 to 5 are shaded.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/activity-of-the-day/AoD-Unit2_Time%26Money1.png?itok=Z7fyeppS)
- How are pictures A and B mathematically the same, and how are they different?
- A and B are the same because …
- A and B are different because …
- Make a third picture showing an expression represented with a fraction model. Explain how your picture is the same as and different from pictures A and B.
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