Reply To: Lesson 4 – Applying Our Understanding Of The Unit Of Measure – Discussion

[Lara Sawamukai]

I have often thought that fractions and algebraic terms follow a lot of the same rules when it comes to how to combine them using addition, but this lesson helped me to understand that both of these are really just following the same rules of addition in general! The fact that we leave off units in the earlier grades to make it “simpler” prevents students from making connections that could help them much more in the long run!