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Developing a Conceptual Understanding of Fractions

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Slide 22 of 25

These are Harder!

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This page shows pictures of pattern blocks in mathematical problems.

If the yellow hexagon + the blue rhombus = 2/5, what is 1/5?
If the red trapezoid = 3/4, what is 1/2?
If the blue rhombus + the green triangle = 3/8, what is 3/4?
If the yellow hexagon, minus the green triangle, minus the green triangle = 1 1/3,what is 2/3?