1. Imagine you have 3️⃣ apples 🍎 🍎 🍎 and your friend has 2️⃣ apples 🍎 🍎.
2. Let's put the apples together to see how many you have in total.
Your apples:
🍎 🍎 🍎
(3)
➕
🍎 🍎 🍎
(3)
Friend's apples:
🍎 🍎
(2)
=
🍎 🍎
(2)
Total apples:
🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎
(5)
3. Now, if you eat 1/5 of the total apples, how many apples do you eat?
4. One fifth means dividing the 5 apples into 5 equal parts.
5. Each part has 1 apple 🍎.
6. So, eating 1/5 means you eat 1 apple 🍎.
Great job! You added fractions using real apples!🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎
(5)