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Lesson Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Fractions in Everyday Life, a Recipe

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Math Forum offers this exciting instructional activity to help young scholars with multiplying and dividing fractions through a recipe made in the classroom.
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Interactive
Visual Fractions

Visual Fractions: Strict Fraction Multiplication With Lines

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Use this interactive site from Visual Fractions to multiply fractions. Answers need to be given in lowest terms. Explanations are available for each question, and immediate feedback is provided.
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Handout
Cool Math

Coolmath: Coolmath4kids: Multiplying Fractions and Whole Numbers

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Demonstrates how to multiply a fraction by a whole number or a mixed number. Includes two example problems to try.
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Unit Plan
Learning Wave Communications

Learning Wave: Fractions

For Students 6th - 8th
This resource contains information about fractions and includes ratios, equivalent fractions, basic operations, and reciprocals. Several links for practice problems are also included, along with links to a post and pretest.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.ns Equivalent Fractions and Non Repeating Decimals

For Teachers 7th
In this lesson, 7th graders determne how to find the repeating decimal using multiplication.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Connor and Makayla Discuss Multiplication

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
The purpose of this task is to have students think about the meaning of multiplying a number by a fraction, and use this burgeoning understanding of fraction multiplication to make sense of the commutative property of multiplication in...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Making Cookies

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
This tasks lends itself very well to multiple solution methods. Students may learn a lot by comparing different methods. Students who are already comfortable with fraction multiplication can go straight to the numeric solutions given...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Half of a Recipe

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
This is the third problem in a series of three tasks involving fraction multiplication that can be solved with pictures or number lines. Aligns with 5.NF.B.6.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nf Running a Mile

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students complete a task in which they need to use fraction multiplication. Aligns with 5.NF.B.5.
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Handout
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nf Comparing a Number and a Product

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
The purpose of this task is for students to compare a number and its product with other numbers that are greater than and less than one. Aligns with 5.NF.B.5.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: To Multiply or Not to Multiply?

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Many real world problems appear similar. Even when children might know what operation to choose when the problem only involves whole numbers, they often are confused with fractions. It is also important for students to know that 18x25 is...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Folding Strips of Paper

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
The purpose of this task is to provide learners with a concrete experience they can relate to fraction multiplication. Perhaps more importantly, the task also purposefully relates length and locations of points on a number line, a common...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Painting a Room

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
The purpose of this task is to provide students with a situation in which it is natural for them to divide a unit fraction by a non-zero whole number. Determining the amount of paint that Kulani needs for each wall illustrates an...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Painting a Wall

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
The purpose of this task is for students to find the answer to a question in context that can be represented by fraction multiplication. This task is appropriate for either instruction or assessment depending on how it is used and where...
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Unit Plan
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Number: Multiply With Fractions

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This site provides students practice with the concept of fraction multiplication. Students can learn about the topic by completing an interactive tutorial. Students can then take a ten question timed test to practice the skill.
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Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Number: Find a Fraction of an Amount Hard Examples

For Students 6th - 8th
Use division and multiplication to find a fraction of an amount.
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Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Number: Repeated Fractional Change

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Test your knowledge of multiplying fractions.
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Activity
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Multiply Two Fractions

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Multiplies two fractions (and/or mixed numbers) that you enter. Explains in detail the process of multiplying the fractions you entered.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Multiply Fractions and Whole Numbers 1

For Students 3rd - 5th
Practice multiplying a whole number times a fraction. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Products of Mixed Numbers Grade 6

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find products of mixed numbers by converting to improper fractions.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Products of Mixed Numbers Grade 7

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Multiply fractions and mixed numbers together
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Products of Two Fractions

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students find the product of two fractions. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt practice...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Multiplication of Fractions by Whole Numbers

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the products of fractions and whole numbers.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Multiplication of Whole Numbers by Fractions

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the product of whole numbers and fractions.