Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers.

Decompose a fraction or a mixed number into a sum of fractions with the same denominator (denominators limited to 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100), recording the decomposition by an equation. Justify decompositions (e.g., by using a visual fraction model). Example 1: 3/8 = 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 OR 3/8 = 1/8 + 2/8 Example 2: 2 1/12 = 1 + 1 + 1/12 = 12/12 + 12/12 + 1/12

Decompose a proper fraction into multiple copies of a unit fraction (denominators limited to 3, 4, or 8).
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