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Fractions Review: Reducing Fractions The Purplemath Forums Helping students gain understanding and self-confidence in algebra powered by FreeFind Return to the Lessons Index | Do the Lessons in Order | Get "Purplemath on CD" for offlin...
More Fun with Fraction Strips
Instructional Plan To assess prior knowledge, invite students to reflect on the previous lesson. Ask them to describe what they learned from creating fraction strips and ideas for using them in practical ways. To begin the lesson, have students take out their fraction...
Eggsactly Equivalent
as locations on number lines, and as divisions of whole numbers. Recognize and generate equivalent forms of commonly used fractions, decimals, and percents. Use models, benchmarks, and equivalent forms to judge the size of fractions. This less...
Eggsactly with Eighteen Eggs
sheets to assess their thinking about fractions. Use the 18 Eggs in a Carton Answer Key to check student responses to the questions on the activity sheet. 18 Eggs in a Carton Answer Key Extensions Continue the activity by changing the size...
Fun with Fractions Set Model: Looking Back and Moving Forward
using observations, surveys, and experiments. Represent data using tables and graphs such as line plots, bar graphs, and line graphs. Number & Operations 3-5 Recognize equivalent representations for the same number and generate them by decomposing and composing numbers. Use...
Making and Investigating Fraction Strips
Tell students that when fraction strips are the same length, they represent equivalent fractions. Students may also notice that for each of these fractions, the numerator is 1/2 of the denominator. Record this relationship. Have students crea...
Fraction Model I
improper fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, and percentages. Additionally, there are length, area, region, and set models. Adjust numerators and denominators to see how they alter the representations and models. Use the table to keep track of interesting fracti...
Eggsactly with a Dozen Eggs
12. Some students may choose to label their sheet with an equivalent fraction, such as 1/2. If so, this provides an excellent opportunity to introduce equivalent fractions. Continue removing varying numbers of eggs. For example, suppose this time that we need eight eggs to bake...
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