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document.write( "Let say you want to add 1/2 and 1/3.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw two pies.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Split the 1st pie into two parts.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Split the 2nd pie into three parts.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How would you add 1 part of the two to 1 part of the three?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hmmmmmm???<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Color 1 of the 2 parts; Color 1 part of the three<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Split each part of the 1st pie into three parts; you now have 6 parts.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Split each part of the 2nd pie into two parts; you now have 6 parts<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now you can add the 3 colored parts of the 1st pie to 2 colored parts<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of the 2nd pie to be 5 parts out of 6.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(1/2) + (1/3) = (3/6) + (2/6) = 5/6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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