The core concept kids need to know when adding fractions together is that the denominators need to be the same before you can add the numerators. Your use of un

The core concept kids need to know when adding fractions together is that the denominators need to be the same before you can add the numerators. Your use of units is on the right track, but I think you need to use units for both the top and bottom of the fraction: (1 girl at table A)/(3 students at table A) + (1 girl at table B)/(3 students at table B) = (2 girls at tables A & B) / (6 students at tables A & B) vs (1 boy at table A)/(3 students at table A) + (1 boy at table A)/(3 students at table A) = (2 boys at table A) / (3 students at table A)