Very simple fractions. My kid needs to add 1/4 and a 1/2. What's the best way for an 8-year old to do that?

Question

I know how an adult does it, but what's a small kid do?

Answer 1

he takes 2 paper plates, and cuts one of them in half and the other in fourhths. then he adds the half plate wiht the fourht plate and you ask him how many fourths of a plate he has.

Answer 2

Get a 2 clean bond papers.

Tell him that each paper is ONE whole = 1/1.

Explain that you can divide a paper by folding it into equal parts.

In our case, fold the paper into four (4).

1. You need 1/4. Ask your kid to cut 1/4 from one whole paper.
2. You need 1/2. Again, ask your kid to cut 1/2 from the one whole paper.
3. Ask him to compare the 1/4 piece with the 1/2 piece.
4. Tell him that he cannot add 1/4 to 1/2 because they are not the same size.
5. Ask your kid how he can make the 1/2 piece the same size as the 1/4 piece.
6. So the kid cuts the 1/2 piece into two (2) parts, making it 2/4 pieces.
7. Since the pieces are now the same size, he can add them.
8. Ask him to remember what size it is. In our case, it is 4.
9. Ask him to count the pieces. In our case, it is 3.
10. Therefore, 1/4 + 1/2 is 3/4.

Answer 3

1/4 + 1/2= first you have to get the denominator to match (2&4) you do 1/2 times to which is 2 times1=2 2 times 2=4 which is 2/4+1/4 then 2+1 = 3 keep the denominator so it's 3/4


1. 1/4+1/2
2. 1/4+2/4
3.=3/4

Answer 4

your son must know about LCM before performing it.. if addition of fraction is in his syllabus then he has to know LCM ..the lcm of denominatot 2 and 4 is 4 (since 4 can be devided by 2 &4) now he can do as :
1/2+1/4 = 2+1/4 =3/4
here 4 is lcm which is devided by the denominator of 1st fraction ( 1/2) it becomes 2 and multiplied by teh numerator that is 1x2 so it becomes 2 likewise it lcm will be devided by teh dn of second fraction x the numerator of seond fraction it becomes 1.

Answer 5

draw 2 circles, cut them in 4, shade 1/2 of one and 1/4 of the other, then draw the 1/4 + 1/2 parts and u have 3/4

Answer 6

get the lcd.. for example 1/4 and 1/2 the lcd is 4.. if the bigger number is the denominator of the smaller number automatically the bigger number is the lcd... or you can multiply the two numbers, by that you could get the lcd. then when you already got the lcd it's time for you to divide the lcd by the denominator of the first fraction, multiply it by the numerator.. then repeat it to the second number.. for me it works.. i'm only in 1'st grade when I learned fractions.. i have another way but it's complicated to discuss it here..

Answer 7

He needs to make the bottom half of each fraction the same number.
So in this case he needs to multiply the bottom by two and the top by two.

Or cut up an apple, so that he learns that there are 2 quarters in a half.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Well if you really think about it, if there was a method of solving that problem then wouldn't adults be using it also? There is no really other simple way to solve it then just to solve it. You could relate it to some interest of your kid maybe? Like candy?

Answer 10

tell him
suppose there is two number 1/4 and 1/2
in 1/2 , tell him mutliply two both sides, to get 2/4
then add 1/4+3/4 to get 3/4