MATHEMATICS 6

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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Solving Routine and Non-Routine Problems Involving Addition and
Subtraction of Simple Fractions and Mixed Numbers

Background Information for Learners

This activity sheet serves as a self-learning guide for the learners. It facilitates
lesson comprehension as it specifically aims for students’ mastery on solving problems
involving addition and subtraction of simple fractions and mixed numbers.

The series of steps in solving routine problems will be shown with the given
examples below. With non-routine problems, you may use other strategies like drawing
figures/illustrations, diagrams, listing or table method, patterns, working backwards and
any other strategies to solve.

Example
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Melvin has 2 kilograms of pork and 6 kilograms of beef in his refrigerator. How many
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kilograms of meat does he have in all?

Think What is asked? Kilograms of meat that Melvin has.

What are the given 1

2 kilograms of pork
Plan facts? 3

1
6 kilograms of beef
2
What is the operation Addition
to be used?

What is the number 1 1

2 +6 =N
sentence? 3 2

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 Strategy 1
1
2
3
1
+6
2
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1 2 2
2 x =2
Solve What is the solution? 3 2 6

1 3 3
+6 x =6
2 3 6
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1 2 2
2 x =2
3 2 6

1 3 3
+6 x =6
2 3 6
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5
8
6

Strategy 2
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2 =
3 3
1 13
+6 =
2 2
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7 2 14
x =
3 2 6
+ 13 3 39
x =
2 3 6
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7 2 14
x =
3 2 6
+ 13 3 39
x =
2 3 6

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125 125
8 8

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53 5
∨8
6 6

Answer What is the complete 5

Melvin had 8 kilograms of meat.
answer? 6

Check Working backward, by subtracting one of the given fractions from the
answer, we will get the other given fraction.

Learning Competency: The learner solves routine and non-routine problems involving
addition and/or subtraction of fractions. (M6NS-Ia-87.3)

Exercise 1

Direction: Read and analyze the problem. Then answer the questions and do the
directions that follow.
a. What is asked?
b. What are the given facts?
c. What process will you use?
d. What is the number sentence?
e. What is your solution?
f. What is the complete answer?

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1. Daisy has 18 kilos of bananas to sell. If she was able to sell 15 kilos,
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how many kilos of bananas were left?

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

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2. Rosalyn walked 6 of a kilometer in the morning and of 2 a kilometer in the
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afternoon. What was the total distance she walked that day?

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

f.

Exercise 2

Direction: Solve the following problems.

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1. Tessie ran for hour on her first day and hour on her second day. How
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many minutes did Tessie run on the two days?
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Note: hour = 60 minutes
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Solution:

Answer:

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2. Janett and her friends ate 2of a Hawaiian pizza, of a vegetarian pizza, and of a
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pepperoni pizza. How much pizza did they eat?
Solution:

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Answer:

Exercise 3

Direction: Answer the following problems. Show your solutions and label your answer
properly.

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1. Noel had 1 watermelon. He ate of it. How much was left of the watermelon?
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2. Chita spend hour watching TV, Pia spends hour playing badminton, and
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5
Letty spends hours hanging out with friends. How many hours did they spend for
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leisure activities?

Exercise 4

Direction: Solve each problem below. Show your solution and label your answers
properly.

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1. Linda weighs 2 kg less than Daisy. If Linda weighs 55 kg, how much
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does Daisy weigh?
Solution:

Answer:
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2. Canor bought a packet of marbles. He used of the marbles in the experiment and
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1
kept of them in the box. Then he gave the rest of the marbles to his friends. What
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part was given to his friends?
Solution:

Answer:

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3. On Monday, Lorie spent 2 hours studying and on Tuesday she spent another 1
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hours studying. What fraction did she spend studying on Monday and Tuesday?
Solution:

Answer:

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4. Rogelio brought strawberries in the classroom. He ate of strawberries and gave
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of them to his teacher. He also gave the rest to his classmates. What part was given
to his classmates?
Solution:

Answer:

Rubrics for Scoring:

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

(0 pt.) (1 pt.) (2 pts.) (3 pts.)
Learner shows Learner only Learner only Learner shows
Amount of no attempt to shows answer. shows answer complete
Work really do any but showed solution and
of the partial work. gives an
problems, no answer.
answer given.
Learner shows Learner shows Learner shows Learner shows
no limited partial thorough
Understanding understanding understanding understanding understanding
of solving of solving of solving of solving
routine and routine and routine and routine and
non-routine non-routine non-routine non-routine
problems problems problems problems
involving involving involving involving
addition and/or addition and/or addition and/or addition and/or
subtraction of subtraction of subtraction of subtraction of
fractions. fractions. fractions. fractions.

Reflection

1. What part of the activity do you find difficult? Why?

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2. What part of the activity do you find easy? Why?
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References
21st Century MATHletes 6 pp 3-15

Prepared by:
DIONISIO C. ABRUJENA, JR.
Writer

Answer key:

Exercise 2

1. Solution 2. Solution

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Answer: 30 minutes Answer: 4
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Exercise 1

1 2

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 Exercise 4

2 10 3 12
1. 55 =55 3. 2 =2
3 15 5 20

2 6 3 15
+ 2 =+ 2 +1 =+1
5 15 4 20

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16 27 7
57 +3 ∨4
15 20 20

1
¿ 58
15

1 2 1 1
2. = 4. =
3 6 8 8

1 1 1 +2
+ =+¿ + =
6 6 4 8

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3 3
6 8

6 3 3 1 8 3 5
− = ∨ − =
6 6 6 2 8 8 8

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 Exercise 3

1. 2.

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