Students will find common denominators to help add fractions with unlike denominators. Students will join Ms. MacDonald to find common denominators to help add fractions with unlike denominators.

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Students apply math strategies to real-world situations and convert unit measurements. Students apply math strategies to real-world situations and learn to convert between units of measurements.

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