Engaging skill practice:

Students will manipulate items on a Google Slide to regroup mixed numbers. Students will complete squares by adding a square which shows a mixed number which match a base when 1 is borrowed from the whole number involved. This is an important skill to master in order to smoothly subtract mixed numbers.

My students often regroup from the whole number in a mixed number by adding 10 to the numerator of the fraction. I use this activity to help instill the understanding that the whole in a mixed number rarely has a value of 10 pieces of the whole. By having limited choices for the answers, students understand how the regrouping works in a better way.

What's included:

• Google Slide of activity.
• Google Slide answer key for teacher.

How is this resource useful:

• Student practice important base skill.
• Easy to assign.
• No prep for teacher.