Milk, chocolate and sugar

Milk, chocolate and sugar

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This task is about adding fractions with different denominators.
milk carton

a)  Cameron had \(3 \over 4\) of a cup of milk and Anika had \(1 \over 2\) of a cup.

     How many cups of milk did they have altogether? _____

chocolate chips

b)  Cameron had \(1 \over 6\) of a cup of chocolate chips and Anika had \(2 \over 3\) of a cup.

     How many cups of chocolate chips did they have altogether? _____

bag of sugar

c)  Cameron had \(1 \over 5\) of a cup of sugar and Anika had \(2 \over 3\) of a cup.

     How many cups of sugar did they have altogether? _____

Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Levels:
4, 5
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Description of task: 
Students add fractions with different denominators.
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Answers/responses: 
  Y10 11/1999
a) 1 1/4 [accept 5/4] easy
b) 5/6 easy
c) 13/15 moderate